Nucleic acids and corresponding proteins entitled 202p5a5 useful in treatment and detection of cancer

ABSTRACT

A novel gene 202P5A5 and its encoded protein, and variants thereof, are described wherein 202P5A5 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, and is aberrantly expressed in the cancers listed in Table I. Consequently, 202P5A5 provides a diagnostic, prognostic, prophylactic and/or therapeutic target for cancer. The 202P5A5 gene or fragment thereof, or its encoded protein, or variants thereof, or a fragment thereof, can be used to elicit a humoral or cellular immune response; antibodies or T cells reactive with 202P5A5 can be used in active or passive immunization.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 10/463,782 filed 16Jun. 2003 which is a non-provisional utility patent application thatclaims priority from U.S. provision patent application U.S. Ser. No.60/404,306, filed 16 Aug. 2002 and this application claims priority fromU.S. provisional patent application U.S. Ser. No. 60/423,290, filed 01Nov. 2002. The contents of the applications listed in this paragraph arefully incorporated by reference herein.

STATEMENT OF RIGHTS TO INVENTIONS MADE UNDER FEDERALLY SPONSOREDRESEARCH

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The invention described herein relates to genes and their encodedproteins, termed 202P5A5 and variants thereof, expressed in certaincancers, and to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositionsuseful in the management of cancers that express 202P5A5.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Cancer is The second leading cause of human death next to coronarydisease. Worldwide, millions of people die from cancer every year. Inthe United States alone, as reported by The American Cancer Society,cancer causes the death of well over a half-million people annually,with over 1.2 million new cases diagnosed per year. While deaths fromheart disease have been declining significantly, those resulting fromcancer generally are on the rise, in the early part of the next century,cancer is predicted to become the leading cause of death.

Worldwide, several cancers stand out as the leading killers. Inparticular, carcinomas of the lung, prostate, breast, colon, pancreas,and ovary represent the primary causes of cancer death. These andvirtually all other carcinomas share a common lethal feature. With veryfew exceptions, metastatic disease from a carcinoma is fatal. Moreover,even for those cancer patients who initially survive their primarycancers, common experience has shown thai their lives are dramaticallyaltered. Many cancer patients experience strong anxieties driven by theawareness of the potential for recurrence or treatment failure. Manycancer patients experience physical debilitations following treatment.Furthermore, many cancer patients experience a recurrence,

Worldwide, prostate cancer is the fourth most prevalent cancer in men.In North America and Northern Europe, it is by far the most commoncancer in males and is the second leading cause of cancer death in men.In the United States alone, well over 30,000 men die annually of thisdisease—second only to lung cancer. Despite the magnitude of thesefigures, there is still no effective treatment for metastatic prostatecancer. Surgical prostatectomy, radiation therapy, hormone ablationtherapy, surgical castration and chemotherapy continue to be the maintreatment modalities. Unfortunately, these treatments are ineffectivefor many and are often associated with undesirable consequences.

On the diagnostic front, the lack of a prostate tumor marker that canaccurately detect early-stage, localized tumors remains a significantlimitation in the diagnosis and management of this disease. Although theserum prostate specific antigen (PSA) assay has been a very useful tool,however its specificity and general utility is widely regarded aslacking in several important respects.

Progress in identifying additional specific markers for prostate cancerhas teen improved by the generation of prostate cancer xenografts thatcan recapitulate different stages of the disease in mice. The LAPC (LosAngeles Prostate Cancer) xenografts are prostate cancer xenografts thathave survived passage in severe combined immune deficient (SCID) miceand have exhibited the capacity to mimic the transition from androgendependence to androgen independence (Klein et al. 19971 Nat. Med.3:402). More recently identified prostate cancer markers include PCTA-1(Su et al., 1996 Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 93:7252), prostate-specificmembrane (PSM) antigen (Pinto et al., Clin Cancer Res 1996 Sep 2 (9):1445-51), STEAP (Hubert, et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 1999 Dec 7; 96(25): 14523-8) and prostate stem cell antigen (PSCA) (Reiter et al.1998, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:1735).

While previously identified markers such as PSA, PSM, PCTA and PSCA havefacilitated efforts to diagnose and treat prostate cancer, there is needfor the identification of additional markers and therapeutic targets forprostate and related cancers in order to further improve diagnosis andtherapy.

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 3 percent of adultmalignancies. Once adenomas reach a diameter of 2 to 3 cm, malignantpotential exists. In the adult, the two principal malignant renal tumorsare renal cell adenocarinoma and transitional cell carcinoma of therenal pelvis or ureter. The incidence of renal cell adenocarinoma isestimated at more than 29,000 cases in the United States, and more than11,600 patients died of this disease in 1998. Transitional cellcarcinoma is less frequent, with an incidence of approximately 500 casesper year in the United States.

Surgery has been the primary therapy for renal cell adenocarcinoma formany decades. Until recently, metastatic disease has been refractory toany systemic therapy. With recent developments in systemic therapies,particularly immunotherapies, metastatic renal cell carcinoma may beapproached aggressively in appropriate patients with a possibility ofdurable responses. Nevertheless, there is a remaining need for effectivetherapies for these patients.

Of all new cases of cancer in the United States, bladder cancerrepresents approximately 5 percent in men (fifth most common neoplasm)and 3 percent in women (eighth most common neoplasm). The incidence isincreasing slowly, concurrent with an increasing older population. In1998, there was an estimated 54,500 cases, including 39,500 in men and15.000 in women. The age-adjusted incidence in the United States is 32per 100,000 for men and eight per 100,000 in women. The historicmale/female ratio of 3:1 may be decreasing related to smoking patternsin women. There were an estimated 11,000 deaths from bladder cancer in1998 (7,800 in men and 3,900 in women). Bladder cancer incidence andmortality strongly increase with age and will be an increasing problemas the population becomes more elderly.

Most bladder cancers recur in the bladder. Bladder cancer is managedwith a combination of transurethral resection of the bladder (TUR) andintravesical chemotherapy or immunotherapy. The multifocal and recurrentnature of bladder cancer points out the limitations of TUR. Mostmuscle-invasive cancers are not cured by TUR alone. Radical cystectomyand urinary diversion is the most effective means to eliminate thecancer but carry an undeniable impact on urinary and sexual function.There continues to be a significant need for treatment modalities thatare beneficial for bladder cancer patients.

An estimated 130,200 cases of colorectal cancer occurred in 2000 in theUnited States, including 93,800 cases of colon cancer and 36,400 ofrectal cancer. Colorectal cancers are the third most common cancers inmen end women, incidence rates declined significantly during 1992-1996(−2.1% per year). Research suggests that these declines have been due toincreased screening and polyp removal, preventing progression of polypsto invasive cancers. There were an estimated 56,300 deaths (47,700 fromcolon cancer, 8,600 from rectal cancer) in 2000, accounting for about11% of all U.S. cancer deaths.

At present surgery is the most common form of therapy for colorectalcancer, and for cancers that have not spread, it is frequently curative.Chemotherapy, or chemotherapy plus radiation, is given before or aftersurgery to most patients whose cancer has deeply perforated the bowelwall or has spread to the lymph nodes. A permanent colostomy (creationof an abdominal opening for elimination of body wastes) is occasionallyneeded for colon cancer and is infrequently required for rectal cancer.There continues to be a need for effective diagnostic and treatmentmodalities for colorectal cancer.

There were an estimated 164,100 new cases of lung and bronchial cancerin 2000, accounting for 14% of all U.S. cancer diagnoses. The incidencerate of lung and bronchial cancer is declining significantly in men,from a high of 86.5 per 100,000 in 1964 to 70.0 in 1996. In the 1990s,the rate of increase among women began to slow. In 1996, the incidencerate in women was 42.3 per 100,000.

Lung and bronchial cancer caused an estimated 156,900 deaths in 2000,accounting for 28% of alt cancer deaths. During 1992-1996, mortalityfrom lung cancer declined significantly among men (−1.7% per year) whilerates for women were still significantly increasing (0.9% per year).Since 1987, more women have died each year of lung cancer than breastcancer, which, for over 40 years, was the major cause of cancer death inwomen. Decreasing lung cancer incidence and mortality rates most likelyresulted from decreased smoking rates over the previous 30 years;however, decreasing smoking patterns among women lag behind those ofmen. Of concern, although the declines in adult tobacco use have slowed,tobacco use in youth is increasing again,

Treatment options for lung and bronchial cancer are determined by thetype and stage of the cancer and include surgery, radiation therapy, andchemotherapy. For many localized cancers, surgery is usually thetreatment of choice. Because the disease has usually spread by the timeit is discovered, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are often needed incombination with surgery. Chemotherapy alone or combined with radiationis the treatment of choice for small cell lung cancer; on this regimen,a large percentage of patients experience remission, which in some casesis long tasting. There is however, an ongoing need for effectivetreatment and diagnostic approaches for lung and bronchial cancers.

An estimated 182,800 new invasive cases of breast cancer were expectedto occur among women in the United States during 2000. Additionally,about 1,400 new cases of breast cancer were expected to be diagnoses inmen in 2000. After increasing about 4$ per year in the 1980s, breastcancer incidence rates in women have leveled off in the 1990s to about110.8 cases per 100,000.

In the U.S. alone, there were an estimated 41,200 deaths (40,600 women,400 men) in 2000 due to breast cancer. Breast cancer ranks second amongcancer deaths in women. According to the most recent data, mortalityrates declined significantly during 1992-1996 with the largest decreasesin younger women, both white and black. These decreases were probablythe result of earlier detection and improved treatment.

Taking into account the medical circumstances and the patient'spreferences, treatment of breast cancer may involve lumpectomy (localremoval of the tumor) and removal of the lymph nodes under the arm;mastectomy (surgical removal of the breast) and removal of the lymphnodes under the arm; radiation therapy; chemotherapy; or hormonetherapy. Often, two or more methods are used in combination. Numerousstudies have shown that, for early stage disease, long-term survivalrates after lumpectomy plus radiotherapy are similar to survival ratesafter modified radical mastectomy. Significant advances inreconstruction techniques provide several options for breastreconstruction after mastectomy. Recently, such reconstruction has beendone at the same time as the mastectomy.

Local excision of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) with adequate amountsof surrounding normal breast tissue may prevent the local recurrence ofthe DCIS. Radiation to the breast and/or tamoxifen may reduce the chanceof DCIS occurring in the remaining breast tissue. This is importantbecause DCIS, if left untreated, may develop into invasive breastcancer. Nevertheless, there are serious side effects or sequelae tothese treatments. There is, therefore, a need for efficacious breastcancer treatments.

There were an estimated 23,100 new cases of ovarian cancer in the UnitedStates in 2000. It accounts for 4% of all cancers among women and rankssecond among gynecologic cancers. During 1992-1996, ovarian cancerincidence rates were significantly declining. Consequent to ovariancancer, there were an estimated 14,000 deaths in 2000. Ovarian cancercauses more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductivesystem.

Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are treatment options forovarian cancer. Surgery usually includes the removal of one or bothovaries, the fallopian tubes (salpingo-oophorectomy), and the uterus(hysterectomy). In some very early tumors, only the involved ovary willbe removed, especially in young women who wish to have children. Inadvanced disease, an attempt is made to remove all infra-abdominaldisease to enhance the effect of chemotherapy. There continues to be animportant need for effective treatment options for ovarian cancer,

There were an estimated 28,300 new cases of pancreatic cancer in theUnited States in 2000. Over the past 20years, rates of pancreatic cancerhave declined in men. Rates among women have remained approximatelyconstant but may be beginning to decline. Pancreatic cancer caused anestimated 28,200 deaths in 2000 in the United States. Over the past 20years, there has been a slight but significant decrease in mortalityrates among men (about −0.9% per year) while rates have increasedslightly among woman.

Surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are treatment options forpancreatic cancer. These treatment options can extend survival and/orrelieve symptoms in many patients but are not likely to produce a curefor most. There is a significant need for additional therapeutic anddiagnostic options for pancreatic cancer.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a gene, designated 202P5A5, that hasnow been found to be over-expressed in the cancer(s) listed in Table I.Northern blot expression analysis of 202P5A5 gene expression in normaltissues shows a restricted expression pattern in adult tissues. Thenucleotide (FIG. 2) and amino acid (FIG. 2, and FIG. 3) sequences of202P5A5 are provided. The tissue-related profile of 202P5A5 in normaladult tissues, combined with the over-expression observed in the tissueslisted in Table I, shows that 202P5A5 is aberrantly over-expressed in atleast some cancers, and thus serves as a useful diagnostic,prophylactic, prognostic, and/or therapeutic target for cancers of thetissue(s) such as those listed in Table I.

The invention provides polynucleotides corresponding or complementary toall or part of the 202P5A5 genes, mRNAs, and/or coding sequences,preferably in isolated form, including polynucleotides encoding202P5A5-related proteins and fragments of 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12,13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, or more than 25contiguous amino acids; at least 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 80,85, 90, 95, 100 or more than 100 contiguous amino acids of a202P5A5-related protein, as well as the peptides/proteins themselves;DNA, RNA, DNA/RNA hybrids, and related molecules, polynucleotides oroligonucleotides complementary or having at least a 90% homology to the202P5A5 genes or mRNA sequences or parts thereof, and polynucleotides nroligonucleotides that hybridize to the 202P5A5 genes, mRNAs, or to202P5A5-encoding polynucleotides. Also provided are means for isolatingcDNAs and the genes encoding 202P5A5. Recombinant DNA moleculescontaining 202P5A5 polynucleotides, cells transformed or transduced withsuch molecules, and host-vector systems for the expression of 202P5A5gene products are also provided. The invention further providesantibodies that bind to 202P5A5 proteins and polypeptide fragmentsthereof, including polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies, murine andother mammalian antibodies, chimeric antibodies, humanized and fullyhuman antibodies, and antibodies labeled with a detectable marker ortherapeutic agent. In certain embodiments, there is a proviso that theentire nucleic acid sequence of FIG. 2 is not encoded and/or the entireamino acid sequence of FIG. 2 is not prepared, in certain embodiments,the entire nucleic acid sequence of FIG. 2 is encoded and/or the entireamino acid sequence of FIG. 2 is prepared, either of which are inrespective human unit dose forms.

The invention further provides methods for detecting the presence andstatus of 202P5A5 polynucleotides and proteins in various biologicalsamples, as well as methods for identifying cells that express 202P5A5.A typical embodiment of this invention provides methods for monitoring202P5A5 gene products in a tissue or hematology sample having orsuspected of having some form of growth dysregulation such as cancer.

The invention further provides various immunogenic or therapeuticcompositions and strategies for treating cancers that express 202P5A5such as cancers of tissues listed in Table I, including therapies aimedat inhibiting the transcription, translation, processing or function of202P5A5 as well as cancer vaccines. In one aspect, the inventionprovides compositions, and methods comprising them, for treating acancer that expresses 202P5A5 in a human subject wherein the compositioncomprises a earner suitable for human use and a human unit dose of oneor more than one agent that inhibits the production or function of202P5A5. Preferably, the carrier is a uniquely human carrier. In anotheraspect of the invention, the agent is a moiety that is immunoreactivewith 202P5A5 protein. Non-limiting examples of such moieties include,but are not limited to, antibodies (such as single chain, monoclonal,polyclonal, humanized, chimeric, or human antibodies), functionalequivalents thereof (whether naturally occurring or synthetic), andcombinations thereof. The antibodies can be conjugated to a diagnosticor therapeutic moiety, in another aspect, the agent is a small moleculeas defined herein.

in another aspect, the agent comprises one or more than one peptidewhich comprises a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) epitope that binds an HLAclass I molecule in a human to elicit a CTL response to 202P5A5 and/orone or more than one peptide which comprises a helper T lymphocyte (HTL)epitope which binds an HLA class II molecule in a human to elicit an HTLresponse. The peptides of the invention may be on the same or on one ormore separate polypeptide molecules. In a further aspect of theinvention, the agent comprises one or more than one nucleic acidmolecule that expresses one or more than one of the CTL or HTL responsestimulating peptides as described above. In yet another aspect of theinvention, the one or more than one nucleic acid molecule may express amoiety that is immunologically reactive with 202P5A5 as described above.The one or more than one nucleic acid molecule may also be, or encodes amolecule that inhibits production of 202P5A5. Non-limiting examples ofsuch molecules include, but are not limited to, those complementary to anucleotide sequence essential for production of 202P5A5 (e.g., antisensesequences or molecules that form a triple helix with a nucleotide doublehelix essential for 202P5A5 production) or a ribozyme effective to lyse202P5A5 mRNA.

Note that to determine the starting position of any peptide set forth inTables VIII-XXI and XXII to XLIX (collectively HLA Peptide Tables)respective to its parental protein, e.g., variant 1, variant 2, etc.,reference is made to three factors: the particular variant, the lengthof the peptide in an HLA Peptide Table, and the Search Peptides in TableVII. Generally, a unique Search Peptide is used to obtain HLA peptidesof a particular for a particular variant. The position of each SearchPeptide relative to its respective parent molecule is listed in TableVII. Accordingly, if a Search Peptide begins at position “X”, one mustadd the value “X-1” to each position in Tables VIII-XXI and XXII to XLIXto obtain the actual position of the HLA peptides in their parentalmolecule. For example, if a particular Search Peptide begins at position150 of its parental molecule, one must add 150-1, i.e., 149 to each HLApeptide amino acid position to calculate the position of that amino acidin the parent molecule.

One embodiment of the invention comprises an HLA peptide, that occurs atleast twice in Tables VIII-XXI and XXII to XLIX collectively, or anoligonucleotide that encodes the HLA peptide. Another embodiment of theinvention comprises an HLA peptide that occurs at least once in TablesVIII-XXII and at least once in tables XXII to XLIX, or anoligonucleotide that encodes the HLA peptide.

Another embodiment of the invention is antibody epitopes, which comprisea peptide regions, or an oligonucleotide encoding the peptide region,that has one two, three, four, or five of the following characteristics:

i) a peptide region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptide ofFIG. 3, in any whole number increment up to the full length of thatprotein in FIG. 3, that includes an ammo acid position having s valueequal to or greater than 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8. 0.9, or having a valueequal to 1.0, in the Hydrophilicity profile of FIG. 5;

ii) a peptide region of at least 5 amino adds of a particular peptide ofFIG. 3, in any whole number increment up to the full length of thatprotein FIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a valueequal to or less than 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1, or having a value equalto 0.0, in the Hydropathicity profile of FIG. 6;

iii) a peptide region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptideof FIG. 3, in any whole number increment up to the full length of thatprotein in FIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a valueequal to or greater than 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or having a valueequal to 1.0, in the percent Accessible Residues profile of FIG. 7;

iv) a peptide region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptideof FIG. 3, in any whole number increment up to the full length of thatprotein in FIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a valueequal to or greater than 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or having a valueequal to 1.0, in the Average Flexibility profile of FIG. 8; or

v) a peptide region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptide ofFIG. 3, in any whole number increment up to the full length of thatprotein in FIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a valueequal to or greater than 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or having a valueequal to 1.0in the Beta-turn profile of FIG. 9.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

FIG. 1. The202P5A5 SSH sequence of 186 nucleotides.

FIG. 2. A) The cDNA and amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 variant 1 (alsocalled “202P5A5 v.1” or “202P5A5variant 1”) is shown in FIG. 2A. Thestart methionine is underlined. The open reading frame extends fromnucleic acid 29-1858 including the stop codon.

B) The cDNA and amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 variant 2 (also called“202P5A5 v.2”) is shown in FIG. 2B. The codon for the start methionineis underlined. The open reading frame extends from nucleic acid 13-1890including the stop codon.

C) The cDNA and amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 variant 3 (also called“202P5A5 v.3:”) is shown in FIG. 2C. The codon for the start methionineis underlined. The open reading frame extends from nucleic acid 121-1950including the stop codon.

D) The cDNA and amino acid sequence of 202 P5A5 variant 14 (also called“202P5A5 v.14”) is shown in FIG. 2D. The codon for the start methionineis underlined. The open reading frame extends from nucleic acid 29-1858including the stop codon.

E) The cDNA and amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 variant 22 (also called“202P5A5 v.22”) is shown in FIG. 2E. The codon for the start methionineis underlined. The open reading frame extends from nucleic acid 29-1858including the stop codon,

F) 202P5A5 v.4 through v.26, SNP variants of 202P5A5 v.1. The 202P5A5v.4 through v.23 are variants with single nucleotide difference from202P5A5 v.1. 202P5A5 v.4, v.5, v.6 and v.8 differ from 202P5A5 v.1 byone amino acid. 202P5A5 v.7, and v.9 through v.9 code for the sameprotein as v.1. Though these SNP variants are shown separately, they canalso occur in any combinations and in any of the transcript variantslisted above in FIGS. 2A through 2C.

FIG. 3.

A) The amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 v.1 is shown in FIG. 3A; it has609 amino acids,

B) The amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 v.2 is shown in FIG. 3B; it has625 amino acids.

C) The amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 v.4 is shown in FIG. 3C; it has609 amino acids,

D) The amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 v,5 is shown in FIG. 3D; it has609 amino acids.

E) The amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 v.5 is shown in FIG. 3E; it has609 amino acids.

F) The amino acid sequence of 202P5A5 v.8 is shown in FIG. 3F; it has609 amino acids.

As used herein, a reference to 202P5A5 includes all variants thereof,including those shown in FIGS. 2, 3, 10, and 11, unless the contextclearly indicates otherwise.

FIG. 4. Alignment of 202P5A5 with known homologs. FIG. 4A) Alignment of202P5A5 with human hypothetical protein FLJ13782(gi 13376382). FIG. 4B)Alignment of 202P5A5 with mouse BOM (gi 20502771). FIG. 4C) Alignment of202P5A5 with mouse grainyhead-like protein (gi 21312674).

FIG. 5. Hydrophilicity amino acid profile of 202P5A5 v.1 determined bycomputer algorithm sequence analysis using the method of Hopp and Woods(Hopp T. P., Woods K. R., 1981Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, U.S.A,78:3824-3823) accessed on the Protscale website located on the WorldWide Web at (expasy.cti/cgi-bin/protscale.pl) through the ExPasymolecular biology server,

FIG. 6. Hydropathicity amino acid profile of 202P5A5 v.1 determined bycomputer algorithm sequence analysis using the method of Kyte andDoolittle (Kyte J., Doolittle R. F., 1982. J. Mol. Biol. 157:105-132)accessed on the ProtScale website located on the World Wide Web at(expasy.ch/cgi-bin/protscale.pl) through the ExPasy molecular biologyserver.

FIG. 7. Percent accessible residues amino acid profile of 202P5A5 v.1determined by computer algorithm sequence analysis using the method ofJanin (Janin J., 1979 Nature 277:491-492) accessed on the ProtScalewebsite located on the World Wide Web at(expasy.ch/cgi-bin/protscale.pl) through the ExPasy molecular biologyserver.

FIG. 8. Average flexibility amino acid profile of 202P5A5 v.1 determinedby computer algorithm sequence analysis using the method of Bhaskaranand Ponnuswamy (Bhaskaran R., and Ponnuswamy P. K., 1988. Int. J. Pept.Protein Res. 32:242-255) accessed on the ProtScale website located onthe World Wide Web at (expasy.ch/cgi-bin/protscale.pl) through theExPasy molecular biology server.

FIG. 9. Beta-turn amino acid profile of 202P5A5 v.1 determined bycomputer algorithm sequence analysis using the method of Deleage andRoux (Deleage, G., Roux B. 1987 Protein Engineering 1:289-294) accessedon the ProtScale website located on the World Wide Web at(expasy.ch/cgi-bin/protscale.pl) through the ExPasy molecular biologyserver.

FIG. 10. Structures of transcript variants of 202P5A5. Variants 202P5A5v.2 and v.3 are transcript variants of 202P5A05 v.1. Variant 202P5A05v.2 added an exon to the 5′ end of variant v.1. Variant v.3 furtherextended exon 1 of v.2into intron 1. Poly A tails are not shown in thisfigure. Numbers in “( )” underneath the boxes correspond to those of202P5A05 v. 1. Lengths of introns and exons are not proportional.,

FIG. 11. Schematic alignment of protein variants of 202P5A5. Proteinvariants correspond to nucleotide variants. Nucleotide variants 202P5A5v.3, v.7, and v.9 through v.26 coded the same protein as v.1. Variantv.2 coded a protein that was 16 amino acids longer and contained thewhole protein of v.1. Nucleotide variants 202P5A5 v.2 and v.3weretranscript variants of v.1, as shown in FIG. 10. SNP in v.1 also existedin v.2 and v.3. Single amino acid differences were indicated above theboxes. Black boxes represent the same sequence as 202P5A5 v.1. Numbersunderneath the box correspond to 202P5A5 v.1.

FIG. 12. Schematic alignment of SNP variants of 202P5A5. Variants202P5A5 v.4 through v.26 are variants with single nucleotide differencesas compared to variant v.1 (ORF:29-1858). Variant v. 14 inserted twobase pairs at 2269-2270 while variant v.22 deleted one base pair at3427. Though these SNP variants were shown separately, they could alsooccur in any combinations and in any transcript variants, such as v.3shown in FIG. 10, that contained the base pairs. Numbers correspond tothose of 202P5A5 v.1. The black box shows the same sequence as 202P5A5v.1. SNPs are indicated above the box.

FIG. 13. Secondary structure and transmembrane domains prediction for202P5A05 protein variant 1. FIG. 13A: The secondary structure of 202P5A5protein variant 1 (FIG. 13A) (SEQ ID NO: 108) was predicted using theHNN—Hierarchical Neural Network method (NPS@: Network Protein SequenceAnalysis TIBS 2000 March Vol. 25. No 3 [291]:147-150 Combet C, BlanchetC., Geourjon C. and Deléage G.,http://pbil.ibcp.fr/cgi-bin/npsa_automat.pl?page=npsa_nn.html), accessedfrom the ExPasy molecular biology server located on the World Wide Webat (.expasy.ch/tools/). This method predicts the presence and locationof alpha helices, extended strands, and random coils from me primaryprotein sequence. The percent of the protein in a given secondarystructure is also listed. FIG. 13B: Schematic representation of theprobability of existence of transmembrane regions of 202P5A5 variant 1based on the TMpred algorithm of Hofmann and Stoffel which utilizesTMBASE (K. Hofmann, W. Stoffel. TMBASE—A database of membrane spanningprotein segments Biol. Ghem. Hoppe-Seyler 374:166,1993), C: Schematicrepresentation of the probability of the existence of transmembraneregions of 202P5A05 variant 1, based on the TMHMM algorithm ofSonnhemmer, von Heijne, and Krogh (Erik L. L. Sonnhammer, Gunnar vonHeijne, and Anders Krogh: A hidden Markov model for predictingtransmembrane helices in protein sequences. In Proc. of Sixth Int. Conf.on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology, p 175-182 Ed J. Glasgow,T. Littlejohn, F. Major, R. Lathrop, D. Sankoff, and C. Sensen MenloPark, Calif.: AAAI Press, 1998). The TMpred and TMHMM algorithms areaccessed from the ExPasy molecular biology server located on the WorldWide Web at (.expasy.ch/tools/). Both algorithms do not predict thepresence of transmembrane regions in 202P5A5 variant 1.

FIG. 14. Expression of 202P5A5 by RT-PCR. FIG. 14A: First strand cDNAwas prepared from vital pool 1(liver, lung and kidney), vital pool 2(pancreas, colon and stomach), prostate cancer metastasis to lymph node,prostate cancer pool, bladder cancer pool, colon cancer pool, lungcancer pool, breast cancer pool, and cancer metastasis pool.Normalization was performed by PCR using primers to actin and GAPDH,Semi-quantitative PCR, using primers to 202P5A5, was performed at 26 and30 cycles of amplification. Expression was detected in prostate cancermetastasis to lymph node, prostate cancer pool, bladder cancer pool,colon cancer pool, lung cancer pool, breast cancer pool, and cancermetastasis pool. Low expression was also detected in vital pool 1 butnot in vital pool 2. FIG. 14B: Semi-quantitative PCR, using primers to202P5A5, was performed on a panel of 13 normal tissues and 13 cancerpools. Samples were run on an agarose gel, and PCR products werequantiated using the Alphaimager software. Results show strongexpression of 202P5A5 in prostate cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer,lung cancer, ovary cancer, breast cancer, metastasis cancer, xenograftpool, prostate melastasis to lymph node (PMLN), bone cancer/melanomapool, cervical cancer, lymphoma and stomach cancer compared to allnormal tissues tested.

FIG. 15. Expression of 202P5A5 variants by RT-PCR. Primers were designedto differentiate between 202P5A5 v.2 and 202P5A5 v.3. 202P5A5 leads to aPCR product of 173 bp, whereas 202P5A5 v.3 leads to a PCR product of 233bp in size. First strand cDNA was prepared from vital pool 1 (liver,lung and kidney), vital pool 2 (pancreas, colon and stomach), LAPCprostate xenograft pool (LAPC-4AD. LAPC-4AI, LAPC-9AD and LAPC-9AI),prostate cancer pool, bladder cancer pool, lung cancer pool, ovarycancer pool, breast cancer pool, cancer metastasis pool, cervical cancerpool, stomach cancer pool, uterus cancer pool, and master xenograft pool(LAPC xenograft pool, bladder cancer xenograft, kidney cancerxenograft). Normalization was performed by PCR using primers to actinand GAPDH. Semi-quantitative PCR, using the variant specific primers wasperformed at 26 and 30 cycles of amplification. Stronger expression ofthe 173bp product was detected in ail cancer pools tested and weakly invital pools. The larger 233bp product was mostly detected in the cancerpools and not in the vital tissues, and at a frequency of 20-30%compared to the smaller product.

FIG. 16. Expression of 202P5A5 in normal tissues. Two multiple tissuenorthern blots (Clontech) both with 2 ug of mRNA/lane were probed withthe 202P5A5 sequence. Size standards in kilobases (kb) are indicated onthe side. Results show expression of an approximately 7kb 202P5A5transcript in normal prostate and normal placenta but not in any othernormal tissue tested.

FIG. 17. Expression of 202P5A5 in Prostate Cancer Patient Specimens. RNAwas extracted from prostate cancer xenografts (LAPC-4AD, LAPC-4AI,LAPC-9AD, and LAPC-9AI), prostate cancer cell lines (LNCaP and PC3),normal prostate (N), and prostate cancer patient tumors (T). Northernblots with 10 ug of total RNA were probed with the 202P5A5 SSH fragment.Size standards in kilobases are on the side. Results show expression of202P5A5 in all prostate cancer specimens tested as well as in the normalprostate, prostate cancer xenografts and LNCaP, but not in the PC3 cellline.

FIG. 18. Expression of 202P5A5 in Bladder Cancer Patient Specimens. RNAwas extracted from bladder cancer cell lines (CL), normal bladder (N),bladder cancer patient tumors (T) as well as their adjacent normaltissues (Nat). Northern blots with 10 ug of total RNA were probed withthe 202P5A5 sequence. Size standards in kilobases are on the side.Results show expression of 202P5A5 in all bladder cancer patient tumorspecimens tested but not in normal bladder. Expression was also detectedin SCABER but not in the other cancer cell lines tested.

FIG. 19. Expression of 202P5A5 in Breast Cancer Patient Specimens. RNAwas extracted from breast cancer cell lines (CL), normal breast (N),breast cancer patient tumors (T), and breast cancer metastasis specimens(M). Northern blots with 10 ug of total RNA were probed with the 202P5A5sequence. Size standards in kilobases are on the side. Results showexpression of 202P5A5 in the breast cancer patient tumors and metastasisspecimens. Expression was also detected in MCF-7 and CAMA-1 but not inthe DU4475 cell tine. Lower level expression was also detected in normalbreast.

FIG. 20. Expression of 202P5A5 in Colon and Cervical Cancer PatientSpecimens. First strand cDNA was prepared from a panel of patient cancerspecimens. Normalization was performed by PCR using primers to actin.Semi-quantitative PCR, using primers to 202P5A5, was performed at 26 and30 cycles of amplification. Samples were run on an agarose gel, and PCRproducts were quantitated using the AlphaImager software. Expression wasrecorded as absent, low, medium or strong. Results show expression of202P5A5 in the majority of patient cancer specimens tested.

FIG. 21. Expression of 202P5A5.pcDNA3.1/MycHis following transfectioninto 293T cells. 293T cells were transfected with either202P5A5.pcDNA3.1/MycHis or pcDNA3.1/MycHis vector control. Forty hourslater, cell lysates were collected. Samples were run on an SDS-PAGEacrylamide gel, blotted and stained with anti-his antibody. The blot wasdeveloped using the ECL chemiluminescence kit and visualized byautoradiography. Results show expression of 202P5A5 from the202P5A5.pcDNA3.1/MycHis construct in the lysates of transfected cellsbut not in the control pcDNA3.1/MycHis transfected cells.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Outline of Sections

I.) Definitions

II.) 202P5A5 Polynucleotides

II.A.) Uses of 202P5A5 Polynucleotides

II.A1.) Monitoring of Genetic Abnormalities

II.A2.) Antisense Embodiments

II.A.3.) Primers and Primer Pairs

-   -   II.A.4.) Isolation of 202P5A5-Encoding Nucleic Acid Molecules

II.A.5.) Recombinant Nucleic Acid Molecules and Host-Vector Systems

III.) 202P5A5-related Proteins

-   -   III.A.) Motif-bearing Protein Embodiments    -   III.B.) Expression of 202P5A5-related Proteins    -   III.C) Modifications of 202P5A5-related Proteins    -   III.D.) Uses of 202P5A5-related Proteins

IV.) 202P5A5 Antibodies

V.) 202P5A5 Cellular Immune Responses

VI.) 202P5A5 Transgenic Animals

VII.) Methods for the Detection of 202P5A5

VIII.) Methods far Monitoring the Status of 202P5A5-related Genes andTheir Products

IX.) Identification of Molecules That Interact With 202P5A5

X.) Therapeutic Methods and Compositions

-   -   X.A.) Anti-Cancer Vaccines

X.B.) 202P5A5 as a Target for Antibody-Based Therapy

X.C.) 202P5A5 as a Target for Cellular Immune Responses

-   -   X.C1. Minigene Vaccines    -   X.C.2. Combinations of CTL Peptides with Helper Peptides    -   X.C.3 Combinations of CTL Peptides with T Cell Priming Agents    -   X.C.4. Vaccine Compositions Comprising DC Pulsed with CTL and/or        HTL Peptides    -   X.D.) Adoptive Immunotherapy

X.E.) Administration of Vaccines for Therapeutic or ProphylacticPurposes

XI.) Diagnostic and Prognostic Embodiments of 202P5A5.

XI.) Inhibition of 202P5A5 Protein Function

-   -   XII.A.) Inhibition of 202P5A5 With Intracellular Antibodies    -   XII.B.) Inhibition of 202P5A5 with Recombinant Proteins    -   XII.C.) Inhibition of 202P5A5 Transcription or Translation    -   XII.D.) General Considerations for Therapeutic Strategies

XIII.) Identification, Characterization and Use of Modulators of 202P5A5

XIV.) KITS/Articles of Manufacture

I. Definitions:

Unless otherwise defined, all terms of art, notations and otherscientific terms or terminology used herein are intended to have themeanings commonly understood by those of skill in the art to which thisinvention pertains. In some cases, terms with commonly understoodmeanings are defined herein for clarity and/or for ready reference, andthe inclusion of such definitions herein should not necessarily beconstrued to represent a substantial difference over what is generallyunderstood in the art. Many of the techniques and procedures describedor referenced herein are well understood and commonly employed usingconventional methodology by those skilled in the art, such as, forexample, the widely utilized molecular cloning methodologies describedin Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual 2nd. edition(1989) Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. Asappropriate, procedures involving the use of commercially available kitsand reagents are generally carried out in accordance with manufacturerdefined protocols and/or parameters unless otherwise noted.

The terms “advanced prostate cancer”, “locally advanced prostatecancer”, “advanced disease” and “locally advanced disease” mean prostatecancers that have extended through the prostate capsule, and are meantto include stage C disease under the American Urological Association(AUA) system, stage C1-C2 disease under the Whitmore-Jewett system, andstage T3-T4 and N+ disease under the TNM (tumor, node, metastasis)system. In general surgery is not recommended for patients with locallyadvanced disease, and these patients have substantially less favorableoutcomes compared to patients with locally advanced disease, and thesepatients have substantially less favorable outcomes identified bypalpable evidence of induration beyond the lateral border of theprostate, or asymmetry or induration above the prostate base. Locallyadvanced prostate cancer is presently diagnosed pathologically followingradical prostatectomy if the tumor invades or penetrates the prostaticcapsule, extends into the surgical margin, or invades the seminalvesicles.

“Altering the native glycosylation pattern” is intended for purposesherein to mean deleting one or more carbohydrate moieties found innative sequence 202P5A5 (either by removing the underlying glycosylationsite or by deleting the glycosylation by chemical and/or enzymaticmeans), and/or adding one or more glycosylate sites that are not presentin the native sequence 202P5A5 . In addition, the phrase includesqualitative changes in the glycosylation of the native proteins,involving a change in the nature and proportions of the variouscarbohydrate moieties present.

The term “analog” refers to a molecule which is structurally similar orshares similar or corresponding attributes with another molecule (e.g. a202P5A5-related protein). For example, an analog of a 202P5A5 proteincan be specifically bound by an antibody or T cell that specificallybinds to 202P5A5.

The term “antibody” is used in the broadest sense. Therefore, an“antibody” can be naturally occurring or man-made such as monoclonalantibodies produced by conventional hybridoma technology. Anti-202P5A5antibodies comprise monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies as well asfragments containing the antigen-binding domain and/or one or morecomplementarity determining regions of these antibodies.

An “antibody fragment” is defined as at least a portion of the variableregion of the immunoglobulin molecule that binds to its target, i.e.,the antigen-binding region. In one embodiment ft specifically coverssingle anti-202P5A5 antibodies and clones thereof (including agonist,antagonist and neutralizing antibodies) and anti-202P5A5 antibodycompositions with polyepitopic specificity.

The term “codon optimized sequences” refers to nucleotide sequences thathave been optimized for a particular host species by replacing anycodons having a usage frequency of less than about 20%. Nucleotidesequences that have been optimised for expression in a given hostspecies by elimination of spurious polyadenylation sequences,elimination of exon/intron splicing signals, elimination oftransposon-like repeats and/or optimization of GC content in addition tocodon optimization are referred to herein as an “expression enhancedsequences.”

A “combinatorial library”0 is a collection of diverse chemical compoundsgenerated by either chemical synthesis or biological synthesis bycombining a number of chemical “building blocks” such as reagents. Forexample, a linear combinatorial chemical library, such as a polypeptide(e.g., mutein) library, is formed by combining a set of chemicalbuilding blocks called amino acids in every possible way for a givencompound length (i.e., the number of amino acids in a polypeptidecompound), numerous chemical compounds are synthesized through suchcombinatorial mixing of chemical building blocks (Gallop et al., J. Med,Chem. 37(9); 1233-1251 (1994)).

Preparation and screening of combinatorial libraries is well known tothose of skill in the art. Such combinatorial chemical librariesinclude, but are not limited to. peptide libraries (see, e.g., U.S. Pat.No. 5,010,175. Furka. Pept. Prot. Res. 37:437-493 (1991), Houghton etal, Nature, 354:84-88 (1991)), peploids (PCT Publication No WO91/15735), encoded peptides (PCT Publication WO 93/20242), randombio-oligomers (PCT Publication WO 92/00091), benzodiazepines (U.S. Pat.No. 5,288,514), diversomers such as hydantoins, benzodiazepines anddipeptides (Hobbs et al., Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 90:6909-6913(1993)), vinylogous polypeptides (Hagihara et. al., J. Amer. Chem. Soc.114:6568 (1992)), nonpeptidal peptidomimetics with a Beta-D-Glucosescaffolding (Hirschman et al., J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 114:9217-9218(1992)), analogous organic syntheses of small compound libraries (Chenet al., J. Amer. Chem. Soc 116:2561 (1994)), oligocarbamates (Cho, etal., Science 261:1303 (1993)), and/or peptidyl phosphonates (Campbell etal., J. Org. Chem. 59:658 (1994)). See, generally, Gordon et al., J.Med, Chem. 37:1335 (1994), nucleic acid libraries (see, e.g.,Stratagene, Corp.), peptide nucleic acid libraries (see, e.g., U.S. Pat.No. 5,539,083), antibody libraries (see, e.g., Vaughn et al., NatureBiotechnology 14(3):309-314 (1996), and PCT/US96/10287), carbohydratelibraries (see, e.g., Liang et al., Science 274:1520-1522 (1996), andU.S. Pat. No. 5,593,353), and small organic molecule libraries (see,e.g., benzodiazepines, Baum, C&EN, Jan 18, page 33 (1993), isoprenoids,U.S. Pat. No. 5,559,588; thiazolidinones and metathiazanones, U.S. Pat.No. 5,549,974: pyrrolidines, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,525,735 and 5,519,134;morpholino compounds, U.S. Pat. No. 5,506, 337; benzodiazepines, U.S.Pat. No. 5,238,514; and the like).

Devices for me preparation of combinatorial libraries are commerciallyavailable (see, e.g., 357 NIPS, 390 NIPS, Advanced Chem Tech, LouisvilleKy.; Symphony, Rainin, Woburn, Mass.; 433A, Applied Biosystems, FosterCity, CA; 9050, Plus, Mlllipore, Bedford. NIA). A number of well-knownrobotic systems have also been developed for solution phase chemistries.These systems include automated workstations such as the automatedsynthesis apparatus developed by Takeda Chemical Industries, LTD,(Osaka, Japan) and many robotic systems utilizing robotic arms (ZymateH, Zymark Corporation, Hopkinton, Mass.; Orca, Hewlett-Packard, PaloAlto, Calif.), which mimic the manual synthetic operations performed bya chemist. Any of the above devices are suitable for use with thepresent invention. The nature and implementation of modifications tothese devices (if any) so that they can operate as discussed herein willbe apparent to persons skilled in the relevant art. In addition,numerous combinational libraries are themselves commercially available(see, e.g., ComGenex, Princeton, N.J.; Asinex, Moscow, RU; Tripos, Inc.,St Louis, Mo.; Chem Star, Ltd, Moscow, RU; 3D Pharmaceuticals, Exton,Pa.; Martek Biosciences, Columbia, Md.; etc),

The term “cytotoxic agent” refers to a substance that inhibits orprevents the expression activity of cells, function of cells and/orcauses destruction of cells. The term is intended to include radioactiveisotopes chemotherapeutic agents, and toxins such as small moleculetoxins or enzymatically active toxins of bacterial, fungal, plant oranimal origin, including fragments and/or variants thereof. Examples ofcytotoxic agents include, but are not limited to auristatins,auromycins, maytansinoids, yttrium, bismuth, ricin, ricin A-chain,combrestatin, duocarmycins, dolostatins, doxorubicin, daunorubicin,taxol, cisplatin, cc1065, ethidium bromide, mitomycin, etoposide,tenoposide, vincristine, vinblastine, colchicine, dihydroxy anlhracindione, actinomycin, diphtheria toxin. Pseudomonas exotoxin (PE) A, PE40,abrin, abrin A chain, modeccin A chain, alpha-sarcin, gelonin,mitogellin, retstrictocin, phenomycin, enomycin, curicin, crotin,calicheamicin, Sapaonana officinalis inhibitor, and glucocorticoid andother chemotherapeutic agents, as well as radioisotopes such as At²¹¹,I^(13′), I¹²⁵, Y^(S0), Re^(1R5), Re¹¹⁸⁸, Sm¹⁵³, BI^(212 or 213), P³² andradioactive isotopes of Lu including Lu¹⁷⁷. Antibodies may also beconjugated to an anti-cancer pro-drug activating enzyme capable ofconverting the pro-drug to its active form.

The “gene product” is some times referred to herein as a protein ormRNA. For example, a “gene product of the invention” is sometimesreferred to herein as a “cancer amino acid sequence”, “cancer protein”,“protein of a cancer listed in Table I”, a “cancer mRNA”, “mRNA of acancer listed in Table I”, etc, In one embodiment, the cancer protein isencoded by a nucleic acid of FIG. 2. The cancer protein can be afragment, or alternatively, be the full-length protein to the fragmentencoded by the nucleic acids of FIG. 2. In one embodiment, a canceramino acid sequence is used to determine sequence identity orsimilarity. In another embodiment, the sequences are naturally occurringallelic variants of a protein encoded by a nucleic acid of FIG. 2. Inanother embodiment, the sequences are sequence variants as furtherdescribed herein.

“High throughput screening” assays for the presence, absence,quantification, or other properties of particular nucleic acids orprotein products are well known to those of skill in the art. Similarly,binding assays and reporter gene assays are similarly well known. Thus,e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,559,410 discloses high throughput screeningmethods for proteins; U.S. Pat. No. 5,585,639 discloses high throughputscreening methods for nucleic acid binding (i.e., in arrays); while U.S.Pat. Nos. 5,573,220 and 5,541,061 disclose high throughput methods o1screening for ligand/antibody binding,

In addition, high throughput screening systems are commerciallyavailable (see, e.g., Amersham Biosciences, Piscataway, N. J; ZymarkCorp., Hopkinton, Mass.; Air Technical Industries, Mentor, Ohio; BeckmanInstruments, Inc. Fullerton, Calif.; Precision Systems, Inc., Natick,Mass.; etc.). These systems typically automate entire procedures,including all sample and reagent pipetting, liquid dispensing, timedincubations, and final readings of the microplate in detectors)appropriate for the assay. These configurable systems provide highthroughput and rapid start up as well as a high degree of flexibilityand customization. The manufacturers of such systems provide detailedprotocols for various high throughput systems. Thus, e.g., Zymark Corp,provides technical bulletins describing screening systems for detectingthe modulation of gene transcription, ligand binding, and the like.

The term “homolog” refers to a molecule which exhibits homology toanother molecule, by for example, having sequences of chemical residuesthat are the same or similar at corresponding positions.

“Human Leukocyte Antigen* or *HLA” is a human class I or class II MajorHistocompatibility Complex (MHC) protein (see, e.g., Stites, et al.,Immunology, ^(T-) Ed., Lange Publishing, Los Altos, Calif. (1994).

The terms “hybridize”, “hybridizing”, “hybridizes” and the like, used inthe context of polynucleotides, are meant to refer to conventionalhybridization conditions, preferably such as hybridization in 50%formamide/6×SSC/0.1% SDS/100 μg /ml ssDNA, in which temperatures forhybridization are above 37 degrees C. and temperatures for washing in0.1×SSC/0.1 % SDS are above 55 degrees C.

The phrases “isolated” or “biologically pure” refer to material which issubstantially or essentially free from components which normallyaccompany the material as it is found in its native state. Thus,isolated peptides in accordance with the invention preferably do notcontain materials normally associated with the peptides in their in situenvironment. For example, a polynucleotide is said to be “isolated” whenit is substantially separated from contaminant polynucleotides thatcorrespond ore are complementary to genes other than the 202P5A5 genesor that encode polypeptides other than 202P5A5 product or fragmentsthereof. A skilled artisan can readily employ nucleic acid isolationprocedures to obtain an isolated 202P5A5 polynucleotide. A protein issaid to be “isolated,” for example, when physical, mechanical orchemical methods are employed to remove the 202P5A5 proteins fromcellular constituents that are normally associated with the protein. Askilled artisan can readily employ standard purification methods toobtain an isolated 202P5A5 protein. Alternatively, an isolated proteincan be prepared by chemical means,

The term “mammal” refers to any organism classified as a mammal,including mice, rats, rabbits, dogs, cats, cows, horses and humans. Inone embodiment of the invention, the mammal is a mouse. In anotherembodiment of the invention, the mammal is a human.

The terms “metastatic prostate cancer” and “metastatic disease” meanprostate cancers that have spread to regional lymph nodes or to distantsites, and are meant to include stage D disease under the AUA system andstage TxNxM+ under the TNM system. As is the case with locally advancedprostate cancer, surgery is generally not indicated for patients withmetastatic disease, and hormonal (androgen ablation) therapy is apreferred treatment modality. Patients with metastatic prostate cancereventually develop an androgen-refractory state within 12 to 18 monthsof treatment initiation. Approximately half of these androgen-refractorypatients die within 6 months after developing that status. The mostcommon site for prostate cancer metastasis is bone. Prostate cancer bonemetastases are often osteoblastic rather than osteolytic (i.e.,resulting in net bone formation). Bone metastases are found mostfrequently in the spine, followed by die femur, pelvis, rib cage, skulland humerus. Other common sites for metastasis include lymph nodes,lung, liver and brain. Metastatic prostate cancer is typically diagnosedby open or laparoscopic pelvic lymphadenectomy, whole body radionuclidescans, skeletal radiography, and/or bone lesion biopsy,

The term “modulator” or “test compound” or “drug candidate” orgrammatical equivalents as used herein describe any molecule. e.g.,protein, oligopeptide, small organic molecule, polysaccharide,polynucleotide, etc, to be tested for the capacity to directly orindirectly alter the cancer phenotype or the expression of a cancersequence, e.g., a nucleic acid or protein sequences, or effects ofcancer sequences (e.g., signaling, gene expression, protein interaction,etc.) In one aspect, a modulator will neutralize the effect of a cancerprotein of the invention. By “neutralize” is meant that an activity of aprotein is inhibited or blocked, along with the consequent effect on thecell. In another aspect, a modulator will neutralize the effect of agene, and its corresponding protein, of the invention by normalizinglevels of said protein. In preferred embodiments, modulators alterexpression profiles, or expression profile nucleic acids or proteinsprovided herein, or downstream effector pathways, in one embodiment, themodulator suppresses a cancer phenotype, e.g. to a normal tissuefingerprint. In another embodiment, a modulator induced a cancerphenotype. Generally, a plurality of assay mixtures is run in parallelwith different agent concentrations to obtain a differential response tothe various concentrations. Typically, one of these concentrationsserves as a negative control, i.e., at zero concentration or below thelevel of detection.

Modulators, drug candidates or test compounds encompass numerouschemical classes, though typically they are organic molecules,preferably small organic compounds having a molecular weight of morethan 100 and less than about 2,500 Daltons. Preferred small moleculesare less than 2000, or less than 1500 or less than 1000 or less than 500D. Candidate agents comprise functional groups necessary far structuralinteraction with proteins, particularly hydrogen bonding and typicallyinclude at least an amine, carbonyl, hydroxyl or carboxyl group,preferably at least two of the functional chemical groups. The candidateagents often comprise cyclical carbon or heterocyclic structures and/oraromatic or polyaromatic structures substituted with one or more of theabove functional groups. Modulators also comprise biomolecules such aspeptides, saccharides, fatty acids, steroids, purines, pyrimidines,derivatives, structural analogs or combinations thereof. Particularlypreferred are peptides. One class of modulators are peptides, forexample of from about five to about 35 amino acids, with from about fiveto about 20 amino acids being preferred, and from about 7 to about 15being particularly preferred. Preferably, the cancer modulatory proteinis soluble, includes a non-transmembrane region, and/or, has anN-terminal Cys to aid in solubility. In one embodiment, the C-terminusof the fragment is kept as a free acid and the N-terminus is a freeamine to aid in coupling, i.e., to cysteine. In one embodiment, a cancerprotein of the invention is conjugated to an immunogenic agent asdiscussed herein, tn one embodiment, the cancer protein is conjugated toBSA. The peptides of the invention, e.g., of preferred lengths, can belinked to each other or to other amino acids to create a longerpeptide/protein. The modulatory peptides can be digests of naturallyoccurring proteins as is outlined above, random peptides, or “biased”random peptides, In a preferred embodiment, peptide/protein-basedmodulators are antibodies, and fragments thereof, as defined herein.

Modulators of cancer can also be nucleic acids. Nucleic acid modulatingagents can be naturally occurring nucleic acids, random nucleic acids,or “biased” random nucleic acids. For example, digests of prokaryotic oreukaryotic genomes can be used in an approach analogous to that outlinedabove for proteins.

The term “monoclonal antibody” refers to an antibody obtained from apopulation of substantially homogeneous antibodies, i.e., the antibodiescomprising the population are identical except for possible naturallyoccurring mutations that are present in minor amounts.

A “motif”, as in biological motif of a 202P5A5-related protein, refersto any pattern of amino acids forming part of the primary sequence of aprotein, that is associated with a particular function (e.g.protein-protein interaction, protein-DNA interaction, etc) ormodification (e.g. that is phosphorylated, glycosylated or amidated, orlocalization (e.g. secretory sequence, nuclear localization sequence,etc.) or a sequence that is correlated with being immunogenic, eitherhumorarally or cellularly. A motif can be either contiguous or capableof being aligned to certain positions that are generally correlated witha certain function or property. In the context of HLA motifs, “motif”refers to the pattern of residues in a peptide of defined length,usually a peptide of from about 8 to about 13 ammo acids for a class IHLA motif and from a bout 6 to about 25 amino acids for a class II HLAmotif, which is recognized by a particular HLA molecule. Peptide motifsfor HLA binding are typically different for each protein encoded by eachhuman HLA allele and differ in the pattern of the primary and secondaryanchor residues.

A “pharmaceutical excipient” comprises a material such as an adjuvant acarrier, pH-adjusting and buffering agents, tonicity adjusting agents,wetting agents, preservative, and the like.

“Pharmaceutically acceptable” refers to a non-toxic, inert, and/orcomposition that is physiologically compatible with humans or othermammals.

The term “polynucleotide” means a polymeric form of nucleotides of atleast 10 bases or base pairs in length, either ribonucleotides ordeoxynucleotides or a modified form of either type of nucleotide, and ismeant to include single and double stranded forms of DNA and/or RNA. Inthe art, this term is often used interchangeably with “oligonucleotide”.A polynucleotide can comprise a nucleotide sequence disclosed hereinwherein thymidine (T), as shown for example in FIG. 2, can also beuracil (U); this definition pertains to the differences between thechemical structures of DNA and RNA, in particular the observation thatone of the four major bases in RNA is uracil (U) instead of thymidine(T).

The term “polypeptide” means a polymer of at least 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8amino acids. Throughout the specification, standard three letter orsingle letter designations for amino acids are used. In the art, thisterm is often used interchangeably with “peptide” or “protein”.

An HLA “primary anchor residue” is an amino acid at a specific positionalong a peptide sequence which is understood to provide a contact pointbetween the immunogenic peptide and the HLA molecule. One to three,usually two, primary anchor residues within a peptide of defined lengthgenerally defines a “motif” for an immunogenic peptide. These residuesare understood to fit in close contact with peptide binding groove of anHLA molecule, with their side chains buried in specific pockets of thebinding groove. In one embodiment, for example, the primary anchorresidues for an HLA class I molecule are located at position 2 (from theamino terminal position) and at the carboxyl terminal position of a 8,9, 10, 11, or 12 residue peptide epitope in accordance with theinvention. Alternatively, in another embodiment, the primary anchorresidues of a peptide binds an HLA class II molecule are spaced relativeto each other, rather than to the termini of a peptide, where thepeptide is generally of at least 9 amino acids in length. The primaryanchor positions for each motif and supermotif are set forth in TableIV. For example, analog peptides can be created by altering the presenceor absence of particular residues in the primary and/or secondary anchorpositions shown in Table IV, Such analogs are used to modulate thebinding affinity and/or population coverage of a peptide comprising aparticular HLA motif or supermotif.

“Radioisotopes” include, but are not limited to the following(non-limiting exemplary uses are also set forth): Examples of MedicalIsotopes: Isotope Description of use Actinium-225 See Thorium-229(Th-229) (AC-225) Actinium-227 Parent of Radium-223 (Ra-223) which is analpha emitter used to treat metastases in the (AC-227) skeletonresulting from cancer (i.e., breast and prostate cancers), and cancerradioimmunotherapy Bismuth-212 See Thorium-228 (Th-228) (Bi-212)Bismuth-213 See Thorium-229 (Th-229) (Bi-213) Cadmium-109 Cancerdetection (Cd-109) Cobalt-60 Radiation source for radiotherapy ofcancer, for food irradiators, and for sterilization of (Co-60) medicalsupplies Copper-64 A positron emitter used for cancer therapy and SPECTimaging (Cu-64) Copper-67 Beta/gamma emitter used in cancerradioimmunotherapy and diagnostic studies (i.e., breast (Cu-67) andcolon cancers, and lymphoma) Dysprosium-166 Cancer radioimmunotherapy(Dy-166) Erbium-169 Rheumatoid arthritis treatment, particularly for thesmall joints associated with fingers and (Er-169) toes Europium-152Radiation source for food irradiation and for sterilization of medicalsupplies (Eu-152) Europium-154 Radiation source for food irradiation andfor sterilization of medical supplies (Eu-154) Gadolinium-153Osteoporosis detection and nuclear medical quality assurance devices(Gd-153) Gold-198 Implant and intracavity therapy of ovarian, prostate,and brain cancers (Au-198) Holmium-166 Multiple myeloma treatment intargeted skeletal therapy, cancer radioimmunotherapy, bone (Ho-166)marrow ablation, and rheumatoid arthritis treatment Iodine-125Osteoporosis detection, diagnostic imaging, tracer drugs, brain cancertreatment, (I-125) radiolabeling, tumor imaging, mapping of receptors inthe brain, interstitial radiation therapy, brachytherapy for treatmentof prostate cancer, determination of glomerular filtration rate (GFR),determination of plasma volume, detection of deep vein thrombosis of thelegs Iodine-131 Thyroid function evaluation, thyroid disease detection,treatment of thyroid cancer as well as (I-131) other non-malignantthyroid diseases (i.e., Graves disease, goiters, and hyperthyroidism),treatment of leukemia, lymphoma, and other forms of cancer (e.g., breastcancer) using radioimmunotherapy Iridium-192 Brachytherapy, brain andspinal cord tumor treatment, treatment of blocked arteries (i.e.,(Ir-192) arteriosclerosis and restenosis), and implants for breast andprostate tumors Lutetium-177 Cancer radioimmunotherapy and treatment ofblocked arteries (i.e., arteriosclerosis and (Lu-177) restenosis)Molybdenum-99 Parent of Technetium-99m (Tc-99m) which is used forimaging the brain, liver, lungs, heart, (Mo-99) and other organs.Currently, Tc-99m is the most widely used radioisotope used fordiagnostic imaging of various cancers and diseases involving the brain,heart, liver, lungs; also used in detection of deep vein thrombosis ofthe legs Osmium-194 Cancer radioimmunotherapy (Os-194) Palladium-103Prostate cancer treatment (Pd-103) Platinum-195m Studies onbiodistribution and metabolism of cisplatin, a chemotherapeutic drug(Pt-195m) Phosphorus-32 Polycythemia rubra vera (blood cell disease) andleukemia treatment, bone cancer (P-32) diagnosis/treatment; colon,pancreatic, and liver cancer treatment; radiolabeling nucleic acids forin vitro research, diagnosis of superficial tumors, treatment of blockedarteries (i.e., arteriosclerosis and restenosis), and intracavitytherapy Phosphorus-33 Leukemia treatment, bone diseasediagnosis/treatment, radiolabeling, and treatment of (P-33) blockedarteries (i.e., arteriosclerosis and restenosis) Radium-223 SeeActinium-227 (Ac-227) (Ra-223) Rhenium-186 Bone cancer pain relief,rheumatoid arthritis treatment, and diagnosis and treatment of (Re-186)lymphoma and bone, breast, colon, and liver cancers usingradioimmunotherapy Rhenium-188 Cancer diagnosis and treatment usingradioimmunotherapy, bone cancer pain relief, (Re-188) treatment ofrheumatoid arthritis, and treatment of prostate cancer Rhodium-105Cancer radioimmunotherapy (Rh-105) Samarium-145 Ocular cancer treatment(Sm-145) Samarium-153 Cancer radioimmunotherapy and bone cancer painrelief (Sm-153) Scandium-47 Cancer radioimmunotherapy and bone cancerpain relief (Sc-47) Selenium-75 Radiotracer used in brain studies,imaging of adrenal cortex by gamma-scintigraphy, lateral (Se-75)locations of steroid secreting tumors, pancreatic scanning, detection ofhyperactive parathyroid glands, measure rate of bile acid loss from theendogenous pool Strontium-85 Bone cancer detection and brain scans(Sr-85) Strontium-89 Bone cancer pain relief, multiple myelomatreatment, and osteoblastic therapy (Sr-89) Technetium-99m SeeMolybdenum-99 (Mo-99) (Tc-99m) Thorium-228 Parent of Bismuth-212(Bi-212) which is an alpha emitter used in cancer radioimmunotherapy(Th-228) Thorium-229 Parent of Actinium-225 (Ac-225) and grandparent ofBismuth-213 (Bi-213) which are alpha (Th-229) emitters used in cancerradioimmunotherapy Thulium-170 Gamma source for blood irradiators,energy source for implanted medical devices (Tm-170) Tin-117m Cancerimmunotherapy and bone cancer pain relief (Sn-117m) Tungsten-188 Parentfor Rhenium-188 (Re-188) which is used for cancer diagnostics/treatment,bone (W-188) cancer pain relief, rheumatoid arthritis treatment, andtreatment of blocked arteries (i.e., arteriosclerosis and restenosis)Xenon-127 Neuroimaging of brain disorders, high resolution SPECTstudies, pulmonary function tests, (Xe-127) and carebral blood flowstudies Ytterbium-175 Cancer radioimmunotherapy (Yb-175) Yttrium-90Microseeds obtained from irradiating Yttrium-89 (Y-89) for liver cancertreatment (Y-90) Yttrium-91 A gamma-emitting label for Yttrium-90 (Y-90)which is used for cancer radioimmunotherapy (Y-91) (i.e., lymphoma,breast, colon, kidney, lung, ovarian, prostate, pancreatic, andinoperable liver cancers)

By “randomized” or grammatical equivalents as herein applied to nucleicacids and proteins is meant that each nucleic acid and peptide consistsof essentially random nucleotides and amino acids, respectively. Theserandom peptides (or nucleic acids, discussed herein) can incorporate anynucleotide or amino acid at any position. The synthetic process can bedesigned to generate randomized proteins or nucleic acids, to allow theformation of all or most of the possible combinations over the length ofthe sequence, thus forming a library of randomized candidate bioactiveproteinaceous agents.

In one embodiment, a library is “fully randomized,” with no sequencepreferences or constants at any position. In another embodiment, thelibrary is a “biased random” library. That is, some positions within thesequence either are held constant, or are selected from a limited numberof possibilities. For example, the nucleotides or amino acid residuesare randomized within a defined class, e.g., of hydrophobic amino acids,hydrophilic residues, sterically biased (either small or large)residues, towards the creation of nucleic acid binding domains, thecreation of cysteines, for cross-linking, prolines for SH-3 domains,serines, threonines, tyrosines or histidines for phosphorylation sites,etc., or to purines, etc.

A “recombinant” DNA or RNA molecule is a DNA or RNA molecule that hasbeen subjected to molecular manipulation in vitro.

Non-limiting examples of small molecules include compounds that bind orinteract with 202P5A5, ligands including hormones, neuropeptides,chemokines, colorants, phospholipids, and functional equivalents thereofthat bind and preferably inhibit 202P5A5 protein function. Suchnon-limiting small molecules preferably have a molecular weight of lessthan about 10 kDA, more preferably below about 9, about 8, about 7,about 6, about 5 or about 4 kDa. In certain embodiments, small moleculesphysically associate with, or bind, 202P5A5 protein, are not found innaturally occurring metabolic pathways; and/or are more soluble inaqueous than non-aqueous solutions.

“Stringency” of hybridization reactions is readily determinable by oneof ordinary skill in the art, and generally is an empirical calculationdependent upon probe length, washing temperature, and saltconcentration. In general, longer probes require higher temperatures (orproper annealing, while shorter probes need lower temperatures.Hybridization generally depends on the ability of denatured nucleic acidsequences to reanneal when complementary strands are present in anenvironment below their melting temperature. The higher the degree ofdesired homology between the probe and hybridizable sequence, the higherthe relative temperature that can be used. As a result, it follows thathigher relative temperatures would tend to make the reaction conditionsmore stringent, while lower temperatures less so. For additional detailsand explanation of stringency of hybridization reactions, see Ausubel etal., Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Wiley IntersciencePublishers, (1995).

“Stringent conditions” or “high stringency conditions”, as definedherein, are identified by, but not limited to, those that: (1) employlow ionic strength and high temperature for washing, for example 0.015 Msodium chloride/0.0015 M sodium citrate/0.1% sodium dodecyl sulfate at50° C.; (2) employ during hybridization a denaturing agent, such asformamide, for example, 50% v/v) formamide with 0.1% bovine serumalbumin/0.1% Ficol/0.1 % polyvinylpyrrolidone/50 mM sodium phosphatebuffer at pH 6.5 with 750 mM sodium chloride, 75 mM sodium citrate at42° C.; or (3) employ 50% formamide, 5×SSC (0.75 M NaCl, 0.075 M sodiumcitrate), 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH 6.8), 0.1% sodium pyrophosphate, 5×Denhardt's solution, sonicated salmon sperm DNA (50 μg/ml), 0.1% SDS,and 10% dextran sulfate at 42° C., with washes at 42° C. in 0.2×SSC(sodium chloride/sodium, citrate) and 50% formamide at 55° C. followedby a high-stringency wash consisting of 0.1×SSC containing EDTA at 55°C. “Moderately stringent conditions” are described by, but not limitedto, those in Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual,New York: Cold Spring Harbor Press, 1989, and include the use of washingsolution and hybridization conditions (e.g., temperature, ionic strengthand % SDS) less stringent than those described above. An example ofmoderately stringent conditions is overnight incubation at 37° C. in asolution comprising: 20% formamide, 5×SSC (150 mM NaCl, 15mM trisodiumcitrate), 50 mM sodium phosphate (pH 7.6). 5× Denhardt's solution, 10%dextran sulfate, and 20 mg/mL denatured sheared salmon sperm DNA,followed by washing the filters in 1×SSC at about 37-50° C. The skilledartisan will recognize how to adjust the temperature, ionic strength,etc. as necessary to accommodate factors such as probe length and thelike.

An HLA “supermotif” is a peptide binding specificity shared by HLAmolecules encoded by two or more HLA alleles. Overall phenotypicfrequencies of HLA-supertypes in different ethnic populations are setforth in Table IV (F). The non-limiting constituents of varioussupertypes are as follows:

A2: A*0201, A*0202, A*203, A*204, A*0205, A*206, A*6802, A*6901A*0207

A3: A3, A11, A31, A*3301, A*6801, A*0301, A*1101, A*3101

B7: B7, B*3501-03, B*51, B*5301, B*5401, B*5501, B*5502, B*5601, B*6701,B*7801, B*0702, B*5101, B*5602

B44: B*3701; B*4402, B*4403, B*60 (B*4001), B61 (B*4006)

A1: A*0102, A*2604, A*3601, A*4301, A*8001

A24: A*24, A*30, A*2403, A*2404, A*3002, A3003

B27: B*1401-02, B*1503, B*1509, B*1510, B*1518, B*3801-02, B*3901,B*3902, B*3903-04, B*4801-02, B*7301, B*2701-08

B58: B*1518, B*1517, B*5701, B*6702, B58

B62: B*4601, B52, B*1501 (B62), B*1502 (B75), B*1513 (B77)

Calculated population coverage afforded by different HLA-supertypecombinations are set forth in Table IV (G).

As used herein “to treat” or “therapeutic” and grammatically relatedterms, refer to any improvement of any consequence of disease, such asprolonged survival, less morbidity, and/or a lessening of side effectswhich are the byproducts of an alternative therapeutic modality; fulleradication of disease is not required.

A “transgenic animal” (e.g. a mouse or rat) is an animal having cellsthat contain a transgene, which transgene was introduced into the animalor an ancestor of the animal at a prenatal, e.g., an embryonic stage. A“transgene” is a DNA that is integrated into the genome of a cell fromwhich a transgenic animal develops.

As used herein, an HLA or cellular immune response “vaccine” is acomposition that contains or encodes one or more peptides of theinvention. There are numerous embodiments of such vaccines, such as acocktail of one or more individual peptides, one or more peptides of theinvention comprised by a polyepitopic peptide; or nucleic acids thatencode such individual peptides or polypeptides, e.g., a minigene thatencodes a polyepitopic peptide. The “one or more peptides” can includeany whole unit integer from 1-150 or more, e.g., at least 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43,44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100,105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, or 150 or more peptides ofthe invention. The peptides or polypeptides can optionally be modified,such as by lipidation, addition of targeting or other sequences, HLAclass I peptides of the invention can e admixed with, or linked to, HLAclass II peptides, to facilitate activation of both cytotoxic Tlymphocytes and helper T lymphocytes. HLA vaccines can also comprisepeptide-pulsed antigen presenting cells, e.g., dendritic cells.

The term “variant” refers to a molecule that exhibits a variation from adescribed type or norm, such as a protein that has one or more differentamino acid residues in the corresponding position(s) of a specificallydescribed protein (e.g. the 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3.An analog is an example of a variant protein. Splice isoforms and singlenucleotides polymorphisms (SNPs) are further examples of variants.

The “202P5A5-related proteins” of the invention include thosespecifically identified herein, as well as allelic variants,conservative substitution variants, analogs and homologs that can beisolated/generated and characterized without undue experimentationfollowing the methods outlined herein or readily available in the art.Fusion proteins that combine parts of different 202P5A5 proteins orfragments thereof, as well as fusion proteins of a 202P5A5 protein and aheterologous polypeptide are also included. Such 202P5A5 proteins arecollectively referred to as the 202P5A5-related proteins, the proteinsof the invention, or 202P5A5. The term “202P5A5-related protein” refersto a polypeptide fragment or a 202P5A5 protein sequence of 4, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, ormore than 25 amino acids; or, at least 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65,70, 80, 85, 90, 95, 100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145,150, 155, 160, 165, 170, 175, 180, 185, 190, 195, 200, 225, 250, 275,300, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450, 475, 500, 525, 550, 575, or 576 ormore amino acids.

II.) 202P5A5 Polynucleotides

One aspect of the invention provides polynucleotides corresponding orcomplementary to all or part of a 202P5A5 gene, mRNA, and/or codingsequence, preferably in isolated form, including polynucleotidesencoding a 202P5A5 related protein and fragments thereof, DNA, RNA,DNA/RNA hybrid, and related molecules, polynucleotides oroligonucleotides complementary to a 202P5A5 gene or mRNA sequence or apart thereof, and polynucleotides or oligonucleotides that hybridize toa 202P5A5 gene, mRNA, or to a 202P5A5 encoding polynucleotide(collectively, “202P5A5 polynucleotides”). In all instances whenreferred to in this section. T can also he U in FIG. 2.

Embodiments of a 202P5A5 polynucleotide include: a 202P5A5polynucleotide having the sequence shown in FIG. 2, the nucleotidesequence of 202P5A5 as shown in FIG. 2 wherein T is U; at least 10contiguous nucleotides of a polynucleotide having the sequence as shownin FIG. 2 ; or at least 10 contiguous nucleotides of a polynucleotidehaving the sequence as shown in FIG. 2 where T is U. For example,embodiments of 202P5A5 nucleotides comprise, without limitation:

(I) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting essentially of, orconsisting of a sequence as shown in FIG. 2, wherein T can also be U;

(II) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting essentially of, orconsisting of the sequence as shown in FIG. 2A, from nucleotide residuenumber 29 through nucleotide residue number 1858, including the stopcodon, wherein T can also be U;

(III) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting essentially of, orconsisting of the sequence as shown in FIG. 2B, from nucleotide residuenumber 13 through nucleotide residue number 1890, including the stopcodon, wherein T can also be U.

(IV) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting essentially of, orconsisting of the sequence as shown in FIG. 2C, from nucleotide residuenumber 121 through nucleotide residue number 1950, including the stopcodon, wherein T can also be U.

(V) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting essentially of, orconsisting of the sequence as shown in FIG. 2D, from nucleotide residuenumber 29 through nucleotide residue number 1858, including the stopcodon, wherein T can also be U.

(VI) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting essentially of, orconsisting of the sequence as shown in FIG. 2E, from nucleotide residuenumber 29 through nucleotide residue number 1858, including the stopcodon, wherein T can also be U.

(VII) a polynucleotide comprising, consisting essentially of, orconsisting of the sequence as shown in FIG. 2F and 2A, from nucleotideresidue number 29 through nucleotide residue number 1858, including thestop codon, wherein T can also be U.

(VIII) a polynucleotide that encodes a 202 P5 A5-related protein that isat least 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% homologous to anentire amino acid sequence shown in FIG. 2A-F;

(IX) a polynucleotide that encodes a 202P5A5-related protein that is atleast 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% identical to anentire amino acid sequence shown in FIG. 2A-F;

(X) a polynucleotide that encodes at least one peptide set forth inTables VIII-XXI and XXII-XLIX;

(XI) a polynucleotide mat encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6,7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide of FIGS.3A and 3C-3F in any whole number increment up to 609 that includes atleast 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 aminoacid position(s) having a value greater than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicityprofile of FIG. 5;

(XII) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide ofFIG. 3A and 3C-3F in any whole number increment up to 609 that includes1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidpositions) having a value less than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicity profile ofFIG. 6;

(XIII) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide of FIG.3A and 3C-3F in any whole number increment up to 609 that includes 1, 2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value greater than 0.5in the Percent AccessibleResidues profile of FIG. 7;

(XIV) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide ofFIG. 3A and 3C-3F in any whole number increment up to 609 that includes1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value less than 0.5 in the Average Flexibilityprofile of FIG. 8;

(XV) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide ofFIG. 3A and 3C-3F in any whole number increment up to 609 that includes1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value less than 0.5 in the Beta-turn profile ofFIG. 9;

(XVI) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide ofFIG. 3B in any whole number increment up to 625 that includes 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value less than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicity profileof FIG. 5;

(XVII) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide ofFIG. 3B in any whole number increment up to 625 that includes 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value less than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicity profileof FIG. 6;

(XVIII) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide ofFIG. 3B in any whole number increment up to 625 that includes 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value less than 0.5 in the Percent AccessibleResidues profile of FIG. 7;

(XIX) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6,7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide ofFIG. 3B in any whole number increment up to 625 that includes 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value less than 0.5 in the Average Flexibilityprofile of FIG. 8;

(XX) a polynucleotide that encodes a peptide region of at least 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a peptide ofFIG. 3B in any whole number increment up to 625 that includes 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value less than 0.5 in the Beta-turn profile ofFIG. 9;

(XXI) a polynucleotide that is fully complementary to a polynucleotideof any one of (I)-(XX);

(XXII) a polynucleotide that is fully complementary to a polynucleotideof any one of (I)-(XXI);

XXIII) a peptide that is encoded by any of (I) to (XXII); and;

(XXIV) a composition comprising a polynucleotide of any of (I)-(XXII) orpeptide of (XXIII) together with a pharmaceutical excipient and/or in ahuman unit dose form;

(XXV) a method of using a polynucleotide of any (I)-(XXIII) or peptideof (XXIII) or a composition of (XXIV) in a method to modulate a cellexpressing 202P5A5;

(XXVI) a method of using a polynucleotide of any (I)-(XXII) or peptideof (XXIII) or a composition of (XXIV) in a method to diagnose,prophylax, prognose, or treat an individual who bears a cell expressing202P5A5;

(XXVII) a method of using a polynucleotide of any (I)-(XXII) or peptideof (XXIII) or a composition of (XXIV) in a method to diagnose,prophylax, prognose, or treat an individual who bears a cell expressing202P5A5, said cell from a cancer of a tissue listed in Table I;

(XXVIII) a method of using a polynucleotide of any (I)-(XXII) or peptideof (XXIII) or a composition of (XXIV) in a method to diagnose,prophylax, prognose, or treat a a cancer;

(XXIX) a method of using a polynucleotide of any (I)-(XXII) or peptideof (XXIII) or a composition of (XXIV) in a method to diagnose,prophylax, prognose, or treat a a cancer of a tissue listed in Table I;and;

(XXX) a method of using a polynucleotide of any (I)-(XXII) or peptide of(XXIII) or a composition of (XXIV) in a method to identify orcharacterize a modulator of a cell expressing 202P5A5.

As used herein, a range is understood to disclose specifically all wholeunit positions thereof.

Typical embodiments of the invention disclosed herein include 202P5A5polynucleotides that encode specific portions of 202P5A5 mRNA sequences(and those which are complementary to such sequences) such as those thatencode the proteins and/or fragments thereof, for example:

(a) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95,100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165,170, 175, 180, 185, 190, 195, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375,400, 425, 450, 475, 500, 525, 550, 575, 600, 605, 609 or more contiguousamino acids of 202P5A5 variant 1; the maximal lengths relevant for othervariants are: variant 2,625 amino acids; variant 4,609 amino acids,variant 5,609 amino acids, variant 6,609 amino acids, and variant 8,609amino acids.

For example, representative embodiments of the invention disclosedherein include: polynucleotides and their encoded peptides themselvesencoding about amino acid 1 to about amino acid 10 of the 202P5A5protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polynucleotides encoding about aminoacid 10 to about amino acid 20 of the 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 orFIG. 3, polynucleotides encoding about amino acid 20 to about amino acid30 of the 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polynucleotidesencoding about amino acid 30 to about amino acid 40 of the 202P5A5protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polynucleotides encoding about aminoacid 40 to about amino acid 50 of the 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 orFIG. 3, polynucleotides encoding about amino acid 50 to about amino acid60 of the 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polynucleotidesencoding about amino acid 60 to about amino add 70 of the 202P5A5protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polynucleotides encoding about aminoacid 70 to about amino acid 80 of the 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 orFIG. 3, polynucleotides encoding about amino acid 80 to about amino acid90 of the 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polynucleotidesencoding about amino acid 90 to about amino acid 100 of the 202P5A5protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, in increments of about 10 aminoacids, ending at the carboxyl terminal amino acid set forth in FIG. 2 orFIG. 3. Accordingly, polynucleotides encoding portions of the amino acidsequence (of about 10 amino acids), of amino acids; 100 through thecarboxyl terminal amine acid of the 202P5A5 protein are embodiments ofthe invention. Wherein it is understood that each particular amino acidposition discloses that position plus or minus five amino acid residues.

Polynucleotides encoding relatively long portions of a 202P5A5 proteinare also within the scope of the invention. For example, polynucleotidesencoding from about amino acid 1 (or 20 or 30 or 40 etc,) to about aminoacid 20, (or 30, or 40or 50 etc.) of the 202P5A5 protein “or variant”shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 can be generated by a variety of techniqueswell known in the art. These polynucleotide fragments can include anyportion of the 202P5A5 sequence as shown in FIG. 2.

Additional illustrative embodiments of the invention disclosed hereininclude 202P5A5 polynucleotide fragments encoding one or more of thebiological motifs contained within a 202P5A5 protein “or variant”sequence, including one or more of the motif-bearing subsequences of a202P5A5 protein “or variant” set forth in Tables VIII-XXI and XXII-XLIX.In another embodiment, typical polynucleotide fragments of the inventionencode one or more of the regions of 202P5A5 protein or variant thaiexhibit homology to a known molecule. In another embodiment of theinvention, typical polynucleotide fragments can encode one or more ofthe 202P5A5 protein or variant N-glycosylation sites, cAMP andcGMP-dependent protein kinase phosphorylation sites, casein kinase IIphosphorylation sites or N-myristoylation site and amidation sites.

Note that to determine the starling position of any peptide set forth inTables VIII-XXI and Tables XXII to XLIX (collectively HLA PeptideTables) respective to its parental protein, e.g., variant 1, variant 2,etc., reference is made to three factors: the particular variant, thelength of the peptide in an HLA Peptide Table, and the Search Peptideslisted in Table VII. Generally, a unique Search Peptide is used toobtain HLA peptides for a particular variant. The position of eachSearch Peptide relative to its respective parent molecule is listed inTable VII. Accordingly, if a Search Peptide begins at position “X”, onemust add the value “X minus 1” to each position in Tables VIII-XXI andTables XXII-JL to obtain the actual position of the HLA peptides intheir parental molecule, For example if a particular Search Peptidebegins at position 150 of its parental molecule, one must add 150−1,i.e., 149 to each HLA peptide amino acid position to calculate theposition of that amino acid in the parent molecule.

II.A.) Uses of 202P5A5 Polynucleotides

-   -   II.A.1.) Monitoring of Genetic Abnormalities

The polynucleotides of the preceding paragraphs have a number ofdifferent specific uses. The human 202P5A5 gene maps to the chromosomallocation set forth in the Example entitled “Chromosomal Mapping of202P5A5.” For example, because the 202P5A5 gene maps to this chromosome,polynucleotides that encode different regions of the 202P5A5 proteinsare used to characterize cytogenetic abnormalities of this chromosomallocale, such as abnormalities that are identified as being associatedwith various cancers. In certain genes, a variety of chromosomalabnormalities including rearrangements have been identified as frequentcytogenetic abnormalities in a number of different cancers (see e.g.Krajinovic et al., Mutat. Res. 382(3-4): 81-83 (1998); Johansson et al.,Blood 88(10): 3905-3914 (1995) and Finger et al., P.N.A.S. 85(23):9158-9162 (1988)). Thus, polynucleotides encoding specific regions ofthe 202P5A5 proteins provide new tools that can be used to delineate,with greater precision than previously possible, cytogeneticabnormalities in the chromosomal region that encodes 202P5A5 that maycontribute to the malignant phenotype. In this context, thesepolynucleotides satisfy a need in the art for expanding the sensitivityof chromosomal screening ii order to identify more subtle and lesscommon chromosomal abnormalities (see e.g. Evans et al., Am. J. Obstet.Gynecol 171(4): 1055-1057 (1994).

Furthermore, as 202P5A5 was shown to be highly expressed in prostate andother cancers, 202P5A5 polynucleotides are used in methods assessing thestatus of 202P5A5 gene products in normal versus cancerous tissues.Typically, polynucleotides that encode specific regions of the 202P5A5proteins are used to assess the presence of perturbations (such asdeletions, insertions, point mutations, or alterations resulting in aloss of an antigen etc.) in specific regions of the 202P5A5 gene, suchas regions containing one or more motifs. Exemplary assays include bothRT-PCR assays as well as single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP)analysis (see, e.g., Marrogi et al., J. Culan, Pathol. 26(8): 369-378(1999), both of which utilize polynucleotides encoding specific regionsof a protein to examine these regions within the protein.

-   -   II.A.2.) Antisense Embodiments

Other specifically contemplated nucleic acid related embodiments of (heinvention disclosed herein are genomic DNA, cDNAs, ribozymes, andantisense molecules, as well as nucleic acid molecules based on analternative backbone, or including alternative bases, whether derivedfrom natural sources or synthesized, and include molecules capable ofinhibiting the RNA or protein expression of 202P5A5. For example,antisense molecules can be RNAs or other molecules, including peptidenucleic acids (PNAs) or non-nucleic acid molecules such asphosphorothioate derivatives that specifically bind DNA or RNA in a basepair-dependent manner. A skied artisan can readily obtain these classesof nucleic acid molecules using the 202P5A5 polynucleotides andpolynucleotide sequences disclosed herein.

Antisense technology entails the administration of exogenousoligonucleotides that bind to a target polynucleotide located within thecells. The term “antisense” refers to the fact that sucholigonucleotides are complementary to their intracellular targets, e.g.,202P5A5. See for example, Jack Cohen, Oligodeoxynucleotides. AntisenseInhibitors of Gene Expression, CRC Press 1989; and Synthesis 1:1-5(1988). The 202P5A5 antisense oligonucleotides of the present inventioninclude derivatives such as S-oligonucleotides (phosphorothioatederivatives or S-oligos, see. Jack Cohen, supra), which exhibit enhancedcancer cell growth inhibitory action. S-oligos (nucleosidephosphorothioates) are isoelectronic analogs of an oligonucleotide(O-oligo) in which a nonbridging oxygen atom of the phosphate group isreplaced by a sulfur atom. The S-oligos of the present invention can beprepared by treatment of the corresponding O-oligos with3H-1,2-benzodithiol-3-one-1,1-dioxide, which is a sulfur transferreagent. See, e.g., Iyer, R. P. et al., J. Org. Chem.55:4693-4698(1990); and Iyer, R. p. et al., J. Am. Chem. SOC.112:1253-1254 (1990). Additional 202P5A5 antisense oligonucleotides ofthe present invention include morpholino antisense oligonucleotidesknown in the art (see, e.g., Partridge et al., 1996, Antisense & NucleicAcid Drug Development 6:169-175).

The 202P5A5 antisense oligonucleotides of the present inventiontypically can be RNA or DNA that is complementary to and stablyhybridizes with the first 100 5′ codons or last 100 3′ codons of a202A5A5 genomic sequence or the corresponding mRNA. Absolutecomplementarity is not required, although high degrees ofcomplementarity are preferred. Use of an oligonucleotide complementaryto this region allows for the selective hybridization to 202P5A5 mRNAand not to mRNA specifying other regulatory subunits of protein kinase,In one embodiment, 202P5A5 antisense oligonucleotides of the presentinvention are 15 to 30-mer fragments of the antisense DNA molecule thathave a sequence that hybridizes to 202P5A5 mRNA, Optionally, 202P5A5antisense oligonucleotide is a 30-mer oligonucleotide that iscomplementary to a region in the first 10 5′ codons or last 10 3′ codonsof 202P5A5. Alternatively, the antisense molecules are modified toemploy ribozymes in the inhibition of 202P5A5 expression, see, e.g., L.A. Couture & D. T. Stinchcomb; Trends Genet. 12:510-515 (1996).

-   -   II.A.3.) Primers and Primer Pairs

Further specific embodiments of these nucleotides of the inventioninclude primers and primer pairs, which allow the specific amplificationof polynucleotides of the invention or of any specific parts thereof,and probes that selectively or specifically hybridize to nucleic acidmolecules of the invention or to any part thereof. Probes can be labeledwith a detectable marker, such as, for example, a radioisotope,fluorescent compound, bioluminescent compound, a chemiluminescentcompound, metal chelator or enzyme. Such probes and primers are used todetect the presence of a 202P5A5 polynucleotide in a sample and as ameans for detecting a cell expressing a 202P5A5 protein.

Examples of such probes include polypeptides comprising all or part ofthe human 202P5A5 cDNA sequence shown in FIG. 2. Examples of primerpairs capable of specifically amplifying 202P5A5 mRNAs are alsodescribed in the Examples. As will be understood by die skilled artisan,a great many different primers and probes can be prepared based on thesequences provided herein and used effectively to amplify and/or detecta 202P5A5 mRNA.

The 202P5A5 polynucleotides of the invention are useful for a variety ofpurposes, including but not limited to their use as probes and primersfor the amplification and/or detection of the 202P5A5 gene(s), mRNA(s),or fragments thereof; as reagents for the diagnosis and/or prognosis ofprostate cancer and other cancers; as coding sequences capable ofdirecting the expression of 202P5A5 polypeptides; as tools formodulating or inhibiting the expression of the 202P5A5 gene(s) and/ortranslation of the 202P5A5 transcripts); and as therapeutic agents.

The present invention includes the use of any probe as described hereinto identify and isolate a 202P5A5 or 202P5A5 related nucleic acidsequence from a naturally occurring source, such as humans or othermammals, as well as the isolated nucleic acid sequence per se, whichwould comprise all or most of the sequences found in the probe used.

-   -   II.A.4.) Isolation of 202P5A5-Encoding Nucleic Acid Molecules

The 202A5A5 cDNA sequences described herein enable the isolation ofother polynucleotides encoding 202P5A5 gene produces), as well as theisolation of polynucleotides encoding 202P5A5 gene product homologs,alternatively spliced isoforms, allelic variants, and mutant forms of a202P5A5 gene product as well as polynucleotides that encode analogs of202A5A5related proteins. Various molecular cloning methods that can beemployed to isolate full length cDNAs encoding a 202A5A5 gene are wellknown (see, for example, Sambrook, J. et al. Molecular Cloning: ALaboratory Manual, 2d edition. Cold Spring Harbor Press, New York, 1989;Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, Ausubel et al. Eds., Wiley andSons, 1995). For example, lambda phage cloning methodologies can beconveniently employed, using commercially available cloning systems)(e.g., Lambda ZAP Express, Stratagene), Phage clones containing 202P5A5gene cDNAs can be identified by probing with a labeled 202A5A5cDNA or afragment thereof. For example, in one embodiment, a 202P5A5 cDNA (e.g.,FIG. 2) or a portion thereof can be synthesized and used as a probe toretrieve overlapping and full-length cDNAs corresponding to a 202P5A5gene. A 202P5A5 gene itself can be isolated by screening genomic DNAlibraries, bacterial artificial chromosome libraries (BACs), yeastartificial chromosome libraries (YACs), and the like, with 202P5A5 DNAprobes or primers.

-   -   II.A.5.) Recombinant Nucleic Acid Molecules and Host-Vector        Systems

The invention also provides recombinant DNA or RNA molecules containinga 202P5A5 polynucleotide, a fragment, analog or homologue thereof,including but not limited to phages, plasmids, phagemids, cosmids, YACs,BACs, as well as various viral and non-viral vectors well known in theart, and cells transformed or transfected with such recombinant DNA orRNA molecules. Methods for generating such molecules are well known(see, for example, Sambrook et al., 1989, supra).

The invention further provides a host-vector system comprising arecombinant DNA molecule containing a 202P5A5 polynucleotide, fragment,analog or homologue thereof within a suitable prokaryotic or eukaryotichost cell. Examples of suitable eukaryotic host cells include a yeastcell, a plant cell, or an animal cell, such as a mammalian cell or aninsect cell (e.g., a baculovirus-infectible cell such as an Sf9 orHighFive cell). Examples of suitable mammalian cells include variousprostate cancer cell lines such as DU145 and TsuPr1, other transfectableor transducible prostate cancer cell lines, primary cells (PrEC), aswell as a number of mammalian cells routinely used for the expression ofrecombinant proteins (e.g., COS, CHO, 293, 293T cells). Moreparticularly, a polynucleotide comprising the coding sequence of 202P5A5or a fragment, analog or homolog thereof can be used to generate 202A5A5proteins or fragments thereof using any number of host-vector systemsroutinely used and widely known in the art.

A wide range of host-vector systems suitable for the expression of202P5A5 proteins or fragments thereof are available, see for example,Sambrook et al., 1989, supra; Current Protocols in Molecular Biology,1995, supra). Preferred vectors for mammalian expression include but arenot limited to pcDNA 3.1 myc-His-tag (Invitrogen) and the retroviralvector pSRαtkneo (Muller et al., 1991, MCB 11:1785). Using theseexpression vectors, 202P5A5 can be expressed in several prostate cancerand non-prostate cell lines, including for example 293, 293T, rat-1, NIH3T3 and TsuPr1. The host-vector systems of the invention are useful forthe production of a 202P5A5 protein or fragment thereof. Suchhost-vector systems can be employed to study the functional propertiesof 202P5A5 and 202A5A5 mutations or analogs.

Recombinant human 202P5A5 protein or an analog or homolog or fragmentthereof can be produced by mammalian cells transfected with a constructencoding a 202P5A5-related nucleotide. For example, 293T cells can betransfected with an expression plasmid encoding 202A5A5 or fragment,analog or homolog thereof, a 202P5A5-related protein is expressed in the293T cells, and the recombinant 202P5A5 protein is isolated usingstandard purification methods (e.g., affinity purification usinganti-202P5A5 antibodies). In another embodiment, a 202P5A5 codingsequence is subcloned into the retroviral vector pSRαMSVtkneo and usedto intact various mammalian cell lines, such as NIH 3T3, TsuPr1, 293 andrat-1 in order to establish 202P5A5 expressing cell lines. Various otherexpression systems well known in the art can also be employed.Expression constructs encoding a leader peptide joined in frame to a202P5A5 coding sequence can be used for the generation of a secretedform of recombinant 202P5A5 protein.

As discussed herein, redundancy in the genetic code permits variation in202P5A5 gene sequences. In particular, it is known in the art thatspecific host species often have specific codon preferences, and thusone can adapt the disclosed sequence as preferred for a desired host.For example, preferred analog codon sequences typically have rare codons(i.e., codons having a usage frequency of less than about 20% in knownsequences of the desired host) replaced with higher frequency codons.Codon preferences for a specific species are calculated, for example, byutilizing codon usage tables available on the INTERNET such as at URLdna.affrc.go.jp/˜nakamura.codon.html.

Additional sequence modifications are known to enhance proteinexpression in a cellular host. These include elimination of sequencesencoding spurious polyadenylation signals, exon/intron splice sitesignals, transposon-like repeats, and/or other such well-characterizedsequences that are deleterious to gene expression. The GC content of thesequence is adjusted to levels average for a given cellular host ascalculated by reference to known genes expressed in the host cell. Wherepossible, the sequence is modified to avoid predicted hairpin secondarymRNA structures. Other useful modifications include the addition of atranslational initiation consensus sequence at the start of the openreading frame, as described in Kozak, Moll. Cell Bio., 9:5073-5080(1989). Skilled artisans understand that the general rule thateukaryotic ribosomes initiate translation exclusively at the 5′ proximalAUG codon is abrogated only under rare conditions (see, e.g., Kozak PNAS92(7):2662-2666, (1995) and Kozak NAR 15(20): 8125-8148 (1987).

III.) 202P5A5-related Proteins

Another aspect of the present invention provides 202P5A5-relatedproteins. Specific embodiments of 202P5A5 proteins comprise apolypeptide having all or part of the amino acid sequence of human202P5A5 as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3. Alternatively, embodiments of202P5A5 proteins comprise variant, homolog or analog polypeptides thathave alterations in the amino acid sequence of 202A5A5 shown in FIG. 2or FIG. 3.

Embodiments of a 202P5A5 polypeptide include: a 202P5A5 polypeptidehaving a sequence shown in FIG. 2, a peptide sequence of a 202P5A5 asshown in FIG. 2 wherein T is U; at least 10 contiguous nucleotides of apolypeptide having the sequence as shown in FIG. 2, or, at least 10contiguous peptides of a polypeptide having the sequence as shown inFIG. 2 where T is U. For example, embodiments of 202P5A5 peptidescomprise, without limitation:

(I) a protein comprising, consisting essentially of, or consisting of anamino acid sequence as shown in FIG. 2A-F or FIG. 3 A-F;

(II) a 202A5A5-related protein that is at least 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95,96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% homologous to an entire amino acid sequence shownin FIG. 2A-F or 3A-F;

(III) a 202P5A5-related protein that is al least 90, 81, 92, 93, 94, 95,96, 97, 98, 99 or 100% identical to an entire amino acid sequence shownin FIG. 2A-F or 3A-F;

(IV) a protein that comprises at least one peptide set forth in TablesVIII to XLIX optionally with a proviso that it is not an entire proteinof FIG. 2;

(V) a protein that comprises at least one peptide set forth in TablesVIII-XXI, collectively, which peptide is also set forth in Tables XXIIto XLIX, collectively, optionally with a proviso that it is not anentire protein of FIG. 2;

(VI) a protein that comprises at least two peptides selected from thepeptides set forth in Tables VIII-XLIX, optionally with a proviso thatit is not an entire protein of FIG. 2;

(VII) a protein that comprises at least two peptides selected from thepeptides set forth in Tables VIII to XLIX collectively, with a provisothat the protein is not a contiguous sequence from an amino acidsequence of FIG. 2;

(VIII) a protein that comprises at least one peptide selected from thepeptides set forth in Tables VIII-XXI; and at least one peptide selectedfrom the peptides set forth in Tables XXIII to XLIX, with a proviso thatthe protein is not a contiguous sequence from an amino acid sequence ofFIG. 2;

(IX) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3A, 3C-3F in any wholenumber increment up to 609 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value greater than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicityprofile of FIG. 5;

(X) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32,33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3A, 3C-3F in any wholenumber increment up to 609 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value greater than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicityprofile of FIG. 6;

(XI) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3A, 3C-3F in any wholenumber increment up to 609 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value greater than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicityprofile of FIG. 7;

(XII) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3A, 3C-3F in any wholenumber increment up to 609 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value greater than 0.5 in the Average Flexibilityprofile of FIG. 8;

(XIII) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3A, 3C-3F in any wholenumber increment up to 609 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acidposition(s) having a value greater than 0.5 in the Beta-turn profile ofFIG. 9;

(XIV) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3B, in any whole numberincrement up to 625 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acid position(s) havinga value greater than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicity profile of FIG. 5;

(XV) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3B, in any whole numberincrement up to 625 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acid position(s) havinga value greater than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicity profile of FIG. 6;

(XVI) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3B, in any whole numberincrement up to 625 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acid position(s) havinga value greater than 0.5 in the Percent Accessible Residues profile ofFIG. 7;

(XVII) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34, 35 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3B, in any whole numberincrement up to 625 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acid position(s) havinga value greater than 0.5 in the the Average Flexibility profile of FIG.8;

(XVIII) a polypeptide comprising at least 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31,32, 33, 34 amino acids of a protein of FIG. 3B, in any whole numberincrement up to 625 respectively that includes at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24,25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 amino acid position(s) havinga value greater than 0.5 in the Beta-turn profile of FIG. 9;

(XIX) a peptide that occurs at least twice in Tables VIII-XXI and XXIIto XLIX, collectively;

(XX) a peptide that occurs at least three times in Tables VIII-XXI andXXII to XLIX, collectively;

(XXI a peptide that occurs at least four times in Tables VIII-XXI andXXII to XLIX, collectively;

(XXII) a peptide that occurs at least five times in Tables VIII-XXI andXXII to XLIX, collectively;

(XXIII) a peptide that occurs at least once in Tables VIII-XXI and atleast once in tables XXII to XLIX;

(XXIV) a peptide that occurs at least once in Tables VIII-XXI and atleast twice in tables XXII to XLIX;

(XXV) a peptide that occurs at least twice in Tables VIII-XXI and atleast once in tables XXII to XLIX;

(XXVI) a peptide that occurs at least twice in Tables VIII-XXI and atleast twice in tables XXII to XLIX;

(XXVII) a peptide which comprises one two, three, four, or five of thefollowing characteristics, or an oligonucleotide encoding such peptide:

i) a region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptide of FIG. 3,in any whole number increment up to the full length of that protein inFIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a value equal to orgreater than 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or having a value equal to 1.0, inthe Hydrophilicity profile of FIG. 6;

ii) a region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptide of FIG.3, in any whole number increment up to the full length of that proteinin FIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a value equal toor less than 0.5, 0.4, 0.3, 0.2, 0.1, or having a value equal to 0.0, inthe Hydropathicity profile of FIG. 6;

iii) a region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptide of FIG.3, in any whole number increment up to the full length of that proteinin FIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a value equal toor greater than 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or having a value equal to 1.0,in the Percent Accessible Residues profile of of FIG. 7;

iv) a region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptide of FIG.3, in any whole number increment up to the full length of that proteinin FIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a value equal toor greater than 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or having a value equal to 1.0,in the Average Flexibility profile of FIG. 8; or,

v) a region of at least 5 amino acids of a particular peptide of FIG. 3,in any whole number increment up to the full length of that protein inFIG. 3, that includes an amino acid position having a value equal to orgreater than 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, or having a value equal to 1.0, inthe Beta-turn profile of FIG. 9;

(XXVIII) a composition comprising a peptide of (I)-(XXVII) or anantibody or binding region thereof together with a pharmaceuticalexcipient and/or in a human unit dose form.

(XXIX) a method of using a peptide of (I)-(XXVII), or an antibody orbinding region thereof or a composition of (XXVIII) in a method tomodulate a cell expressing 202P5A5;

(XXX) a method of using a peptide of (I)-(XXVII) or an antibody orbinding region thereof or a composition of (XXVIII) in a method todiagnose, prophylax, prognose, or treat an individual who bears a cellexpressing 202P5A5;

(XXXI) a method of using a peptide of (I)-(XXVII) or an antibody orbinding region thereof or a composition (XXVIII) in a method todiagnose, prophylax, prognose, or treat an individual who bears a cellexpressing 202P5A5, said cell from a cancer of a tissue listed in TableI;

(XXXII) a method of using a peptide of (I)-(XXVII) or an antibody orbinding region thereof or a composition of (XXVIII) in a method todiagnose, prophylax, prognose, or treat a a cancer;

(XXXIII) a method of using a peptide of (I)-(XXVII) or an antibody orbinding region thereof or a composition of (XXVIII) in a method todiagnose, prophylax, prognose, or treat a cancer of a tissue listed inTable I; and;

(XXXIV) a method of using a a peptide of (I)-(XXVII) or an antibody orbinding region thereof or a composition (XXVIII) in a method to identifyor characterize a modulator of a cell expressing 202P5A5

As used herein, a range is understood to specifically disclose all wholeunit positions thereof.,

Typical embodiments of the invention disclosed herein include 202P5A5polynucleotides that encode specific portions of 202P5A5 mRNA sequences(and those which are complementary to such sequences) such as those thatencode the proteins and/or fragments thereof, for example:

(a) 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21,22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95,100, 105, 110, 115, 120, 125, 130, 135, 140, 145, 150, 155, 160, 165,170, 175, 180, 185, 190, 195, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375,400, 425, 450, 475, 500, 525, 550, 575, 600, 605, and 609 or morecontiguous amino acids of 202P5A5 variant 1; the maximal lengthsrelevant for other variants are; variant 2,625 amino acids; variant4,609amino acids, variant 5,609 amino acids, variant 6,609 amino acids,and variant 8,309 amino acids.

In general, naturally occurring allelic variants of human 202P5A5 sharea high degree of structural identity and homology (e.g., 90% or morehomology). Typically, allelic variants of a 202P5A5 protein containconservative amino acid substitutions within the 202P5A5 sequencesdescribed herein or contain a substitution of an amino acid from acorresponding position in a homologue of 202P5A5. One class of 202P5A5allelic variants are proteins that share a high degree of homology withat least a small region of a particular 202P5A5 amino acid sequence, butfurther contain a radical departure from the sequence, such as anon-conservative substitution, truncation, insertion or frame shift. ncomparisons of protein sequences, the terms, similarity, identify, andhomology each have a distinct meaning as appreciated in the field ofgenetics. Moreover, orthology and paralogy can be important conceptsdescribing the relationship of members of a given protein family in oneorganism to the members of the same family in other organisms.

Amino acid abbreviations are provided in Table II. Conservative aminoacid substitutions can frequently be made in a protein without alteringeither the conformation or the function of the protein. Proteins of theinvention can comprise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15conservative substitutions. Such changes include substituting any ofisoleucine (I), valine (V), and leucine (L) for any other of thesehydrophobic amino acids, aspartic acid (D) for glutamic acid (E) andvice versa; glutamine (Q) for asparagine (N) and vice versa; and serine(S) for threonine (T) and vice versa. Other substitutions can also beconsidered conservative, depending on the environment of the particularamino acid and its role in the three-dimensional structure of theprotein. For example, glycine (G) and alanine (A) can frequently beinterchangeable, as can elanine (A) and valine (V). Methionine (M),which is relatively hydrophobic, can frequently be interchanged withleucine and isoleucine, and sometimes with valine. Lysine (K) andarginine (R) are frequently interchangeable in locations in which thesignificant feature of the amino acid residue is its charge and thediffering pK's of these two amino acid residues are not significant.Still other changes can be considered “conservative” in particularenvironments (see, e.g. Table III herein; pages 13-15 “Biochemistry”2^(nd) ED Lubert Stryer ed (Stanford University); Henikoff et al., PNAS1992 Vol 89 10915-10919; Lei et al., J Biol Chem 1995 May 19; 270(20):11882-6).

Embodiments of the invention disclosed herein include a wide variety ofart-accepted variants or analogs of 202P5A5 proteins such aspolypeptides having amino acid insertions, deletions and substitutions.202P5A5 variants can be made using methods known in the art such assite-directed mutagenesis, alanine scanning, and PCR mutagenesis.Site-directed mutagenesis (Carter et al., Nucl. Acids Res. 13:4331(1986); Zoller et al., Nucl. Acids Res., 10:6487 (1987)), cassettemutagenesis (Wells et at. Gene, 34:315 (1985)), restriction selectionmutagenesis (Wells et al., Philos. Trans. R. Soc. London SerA, 317:415(1985)) or other known techniques can be performed on the cloned DNA toproduce the 202P5A5 variant DNA.

Scanning amino acid analysis can also be employed to identify one ormore amino acids along a contiguous sequence that is involved in aspecific biological activity such as a protein-protein interaction.Among the preferred scanning amino acids are relatively small, neutralamino acids. Such amino acids include alanine, glycine, serine, andcysteine. Alanine is typically a preferred scanning amino acid amongthis group because it eliminates the side-chain beyond the beta-carbonand is less likely to alter the main-chain conformation of the variant.Alanine is also typically preferred because it is the most common aminoacid. Further, it is frequently found in both buried and exposedpositions (Creighton, The Proteins, (W. H. Freeman & Co., N.Y.);Chothia, J. Mol. Biol., 150:1 (1976)). If alanine substitution does notyield adequate amounts of variant, an isosteric amino acid can be used.

As defined herein, 202P5A5 variants, analogs or homologs, have thedistinguishing attribute of having at least one epitope that is “crossreactive” with a 202P5A5 protein having an amino acid sequence of FIG.3. As used in this sentence, “cross reactive” means that an antibody orT cell that specifically binds to a 202P5A5 variant also specificallybinds to a 202P5A5 protein having an amino acid sequence set forth inFIG. 3. A polypeptide ceases to be a variant of a protein shown in FIG.3, when it no longer contains any epitope capable of being recognized byan antibody or T cell that specifically binds to the starting 202P5A5protein. Those skilled in the art understand that antibodies thatrecognize proteins bind to epitopes of varying size, and a grouping ofthe order of about four or five amino acids, contiguous or not, isregarded as a typical number of amino acids in a minimal epitope. See,e.g., Nair et al., J. Immunol 2000 165(12):6949-6955; Hebbes et al.,Mol. Immunol (1989)25(9:865-73; Schwartz et al., J. Immunol(1985)135(4):2598-608.

Other classes of 202P5A5-related protein variants share 70%, 75%, 80%,85% or 90% or more similarity with an amino acid sequence of FIG. 3, ora fragment thereof. Another specific class of 202A5A5 protein variantsor analogs comprises one or more of the 202P5A5 biological motifsdescribed herein or presently known in the art. Thus, encompassed by thepresent invention are analogs of 202P5A5 fragments (nucleic or aminoacid) that have altered functional (e.g. immunogenic) propertiesrelative to the starting fragment. It is to be appreciated that motifsnow or which become part of the art are to be applied to the nucleic oramino acid sequences of FIG. 2 or FIG. 3.

As discussed herein, embodiments of the claimed invention includepolypeptides containing less than the full amino acid sequence of a202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3. For example, representativeembodiments of the invention comprise peptides/proteins having any 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 or more contiguous amino acids of a202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3.

Moreover, representative embodiments of the invention disclosed hereininclude polypeptides consisting of about amino acid 1 to about aminoacid 10 of a 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polypeptidesconsisting of about amino acid 10 to about amino acid 20 of a 202P5A5protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polypeptides consisting of aboutamino acid 20 to about amino acid 30 of a 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG.2 or FIG. 3, polypeptides consisting of about amino acid 30 to aboutamino acid 40 of a 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3,polypeptides consisting of about amino acid 40 to about amino acid 50 ofa 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polypeptides consisting ofabout amino acid 50 to about amino acid 60 of a 202P5A 5 protein shownin FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polypeptides consisting of about amino add 60 toabout amino acid 70 of a 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3,polypeptides consisting of about amino acid 70 to about amino acid 80 ofa 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polypeptides consisting ofabout amino acid 80 to about amino acid 90 of a 202P5A5 protein shown inFIG. 2 or FIG. 3, polypeptides consisting of about amino acid 90 toabout amino acid 100 of a 202P5A5 protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3,etc. throughout the entirety of a 202P5A5 amino acid sequence. Moreover,polypeptides consisting of about amino acid 1 (or 20 or 30 or 40 etc.)to about amino acid 20, (or 130, or 140 or 150 etc.) of a 202P5A5protein shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 are embodiments of the invention. Itis to be appreciated that the starting and stopping positions in thisparagraph refer to the specified position as well as that position plusor minus 5 residues.

202P5A5-related proteins are generated using standard peptide synthesistechnology or using chemical cleavage methods well known in the art.Alternatively, recombinant methods can be used to generate nucleic acidmolecules that encode a 202P5A5-related protein. In one embodiment,nucleic acid molecules provide a means to generate defined fragments ofa 202P5A5 protein (or variants, homologs or analogs thereof).

III.A) Motif-bearing Protein Embodiments

Additional illustrative embodiments of the invention disclosed hereininclude 202P5A5 polypeptides comprising the amino acid residues of oneor more of the biological motifs contained within a 202A5A5 polypeptidesequence set forth in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3. Various motifs are known in theart, and a protein can be evaluated for the presence of such motifs by anumber of publicly available Internet sites (see, e.g., URL addresses:pfam.wustl.edu/;searchlauncher.bcm.tmc.edu/seq-search/struc-predict.html;psort.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/; cbs.dtu.dk/; ebl.ac.uk/interpro/scan.html;expasy.ch/tools/scnpsit1.html; Epimatrix® and Epimer®, Brown University,brown.edu/Research/TB-HIV Lab/epimatrix/epimatrics.html; and BIMAS,bimas.dcrt.nih.gov/.). Motif bearing subsequences of all 202P5A5 variantproteins are set forth and identified in Tables VIII-XXI and XXII-

Table V sets forth several frequently occurring motifs based on pfamsearches (see URL address pfam.wustl.edu/). The columns of Table V list(1) motif name abbreviation, (2) percent identity found amongst thedifferent member of the motif family, (3) motif name or description and(4) most common function; location information is included if the motifis relevant for location.

Polypeptides comprising one or more of the 202P5A5 motifs discussedabove are useful in elucidating the specific characteristics of amalignant phenotype in view of the observation that the 202P5A5 motifsdiscussed above are associated with growth dysregulation and because202A5A5 is overexpressed in certain cancers (See, e.g., Table I). Caseinkinase II, cAMP and camp-dependent protein kinase, and Protein Kinase C,for example, are enzymes known to be associated with the development ofthe malignant phenotype (see e.g., Chen et al., Lab Invest, 78(2):165-174 (1998); Gaiddon et al., Endocrinology 136(10):4331-4338 (1995);Hall et al., Nucleic Acids Research 24(6):1119-1128(1996); Peterziel etal., Oncogene 18(48):6322-6329 (1999) and O'Brian, Oncol. Rep.5(2);305-309 (1998)). Moreover, both glycosylation and myristoylationare protein modifications also associated with cancer and cancerprogression (see e.g. Dennis et al., Biochem. Biophys. Acta1473(1):21-34 (1999); Raju et al., Exp. Cell Res. 235(1): 145-154(1997)). Amidation is another protein modification also associated withcancer and cancer progression (see e.g. Treston et al., J. Natl. CancerInst. Monogr, (13): 169-175 (1992)).

In another embodiment, proteins of the invention comprise one or more ofthe immunoreactive epitopes identified in accordance with art-acceptedmethods, such as the peptides set forth in Tables VIII-XXI andXXII-XLIX. CTL epitopes can be determined using specific algorithms toidentify peptides within a 202P5A5 protein that are capable of optimallybinding to specified HLA alleles (e.g., Table IV; Epimatrix® andEpimer®, Brown University, URLbrown.edu/Research/TB-HIV_Lab/epimatrix/epimatrix.html, and BIMAS, URLbimas.dcrt.nih.gov/.) Moreover, processes for identifying peptides thathave sufficient binding affinity for HLA molecules and which arecorrelated with being immunogenic epitopes, are well known in the art,and are carried out without undue experimentation. In addition,processes for identifying peptides that are immunogenic epitopes, arewell known in the art, and are carried out without undue experimentationeither in vitro or in vivo.

Also known in the art are principles for creating analogs of suchepitopes in order to modulate immunogenic. For example, one begins withan epitope that bears a CTL or HTL motif (see, e.g., the HLA Class I andHLA Glass II motifs/supermotifs of Table IV). The epitope is analoged bysubstituting out an amino acid at one of the specified positions, andreplacing it with another amino acid specified for that position, Forexample, on the basis of residues defined in Table IV, one cansubstitute out a deleterious residue in favor of any other residue, suchas a preferred residue; substitute a less-preferred residue with apreferred residue; or substitute an originally-occurring preferredresidue with another preferred residue. Substitutions can occur atprimary anchor positions or at other postilions in a peptide; see, e.g.,Table IV.

A variety of references reflect the art regarding the identification andgeneration of epitopes in a protein of interest as well as analogsthereof. See, for example, WO 97/33602 to Chesnut et al.; Sette,Immunogenetics 1999 50(3-4):201-212; Sette et al., J. Immunol, 2001 166(2):1389-1397; Sidney et al., Hum. Immunol. 1997 58 (1): 12-20; Kondo etal., Immunogenetics 1997 45 (4):249-258: Sidney et al., J. Immunol. 1995157 (8):3480-90; and Falk et al., Nature 351:290-6 (1991); Hunt et al.,Science 255:1231-3 (1992); Parker et al., J. Immunol. 149:3580-7 (1992);Parker et al., J. Immunol. 152:163-75 (1994)); Kast et al., 1994 152(8):3904-12; Borras-Cuesta et al., Hum. Immunol. 2000 61(3):286-278Alexander et al., J. Immunol. 2000 164 (3);154 (3):1625-1633;Alexander et al., PMID: 7895164, UI: 95202582; O'Sullivan et al., J.Immunol. 1991 147 (8): 2863-2369; Alexander et al., Immunity 1994 1(9):751-761 and Alexander et al., Immunol, Res. 1998 18(2): 79-92.

Related embodiments of the invention include polypeptides comprisingcombinations of the different motifs set forth in Table VI, and/or, oneor more of the predicted CTL epitopes of Tables VIII-XXI and XXII-XLIX,and/or, one or more of the predicted HTL epitopes of Tables XLVI-XLIX,and/or, one or more of the T cell binding motifs known in the art.Preferred embodiments contain no insertions, deletions or substitutionseither within the motifs or within the intervening sequences of thepolypeptides. In addition, embodiments which include a number of eitherN-terminal and/or C-terminal amino acid residues on either side of thesemotifs may be desirable (to, for example, include a greater portion ofthe polypeptide architecture in which the motif is located). Typically,the number of N-terminal and/or C-terminal amino acid residues on eitherside of a motif is between about 1 to about 100 amino acid residues,preferably 5 to about 50 amino acid residues.

202A5A5-related proteins are embodied in many forms, preferably inisolated form. A purified 202P5A5 protein molecule will be substantiallyfree of other proteins or molecules that impair the binding of 202P5A5to antibody, T cell or other ligand. The nature and degree of isolationand purification will depend on the intended use. Embodiments of a202P5A5-related proteins include purified 202A5A5-related proteins andfunctional, soluble 202A5A5-related proteins. In one embodiment, afunctional, soluble 202P5A5 protein or fragment thereof retains theability to be bound by antibody, T cell or other ligand.

The invention also provides 202A5A5 proteins comprising biologicallyactive fragments of a 202P5A5 amino acid sequence shown in FIG. 2 orFIG. 3. Such proteins exhibit properties of the starting 202P5A5protein, such as the ability to elicit the generation of antibodies thatspecifically bind an epitope associated with the starting 202P5A5protein; to be bound by such antibodies; to elicit the activation of HTLor CTL; and/or, to be recognized by HTL or CTL that also specificallybind to the starting protein,

202A5A5-related polypeptides that contain particularly interestingstructures can be predicted and/or identified using various analyticaltechniques well known in the art, including, for example, the methods ofChou-Fasman, Garnier-Robson, Kyte-Doolittle, Eisenberg, Karplus-Schultzor Jameson-Wolf analysis, or based on immunogenicity. Fragments thatcontain such structures are particularly useful in generatingsubunit-specific anti-202P5A5 antibodies or T cells or in identifyingcellular factors that bind to 202A5A5. For example, hydrophilicityprofiles can be generated, and immunogenic peptide fragments identified,using the method of Hopp, T. P. and Woods, K. R., 1961, Proc. Natl.Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 75:3824-3828. Hydropathicity profiles can begenerated, and immunogenic peptide fragments identified, using themethod of Kyte. J. and Doolittle, R. F., 1982, J. Mol. Biol,157:105-132. Percent (%) Accessible Residues profiles can be generated,and immunogenic peptide fragments identified, using the method of JaninJ., 1979, Nature 277:491-492. Average Flexibility profiles can begenerated, and immunogenic peptide fragments identified, using themethod of Bhaskaran R., Ponnuswamy P. K., 1983, Int. J. Pept. ProteinRes. 32:242-255. Beta-turn profiles can be generated, and immunogenicpeptide fragments identified, using the method of Deleage, G., Roux B.,1987, Protein Engineering 1:289-294.

CTL epitopes can be determined using specific algorithms to identifypeptides within a 202P5A5 protein that are capable of optimally bindingto specified HLA alleles (e.g., by using the SYMPATHY site at World WideWeb URL syfpeithi.bmi-heidelberg.com/; the listings in Table IV(A)-(E);Epimatrix® and Epimatrix ®, Brown University, URL(brown.edu/Research/TB-HIV Lab/epimatrix/epimatrix.html); and BIMAS, URLbimas.dcrt.nih.gov/). Illustrating this, peptide epitopes from 202P5A5that are presented in the context of human MHC Class I molecules, e.g.,HLA-A1, A2, A3, A11, A24, B7 and B35 were predicted (see, e.g., TablesVIII-XXI, XXII-XLIX). Specifically, the complete amino acid sequence ofthe 202P5A5 protein and relevant portions of other variants, i.e., forHLA Class I predictions 9 flanking residues on either side of a pointmutation or exon juction, and for HLA Class II predictions 14 flankingresidues on either side of a point mutation or exon junctioncorresponding to that variant, were entered into the HLA Peptide MotifSearch algorithm found in the Bioinformatics and Molecular AnalysisSection (BIMAS) web site listed above; in addition to the siteSYFPEITHI, at URL syfpeithi.bmi-heidelberg.com/.

The HLA peptide motif search algorithm was developed by Dr. Ken Parkerbased on binding of specific peptide sequences in the groove of HLAClass I molecules, in particular HLA-A2 (see, e.g., Falk et al., Nature351:290-6 (1991); Hunt et al., Science 255:1261-3 (1992); Parker et al.,J. Immunol. 149:3580-7 (1992); Parker et al., J. Immunol. 152:163-75(1994). This algorithm allows location and ranking of 8-mer, 9-mer, and10-mer peptides from a complete protein sequence for predicted bindingto HLA-A2 as well as numerous other HLA Class I molecules. May HLA classI binding peptides are 8-, 9-, 10 or 11-mers. For example, for Class IHLA-A2, the epitopes preferably contain a leucine (L) or methionine (M)at position 2 and a valine (V) or leucine (L) at the C-terminus (see,e.g., Parker et al., J. Immunol. 149:3580-7 (1992). Selected results of202P5A5 predicted binding peptides are shown in Tables VII-XXI andXXII-XLIX herein. In Tables VIII-XXI and XXII-XLVII, selectedcandidates, 9-mers and 10-mers, for each family member are shown alongwith their location, the amino acid sequence of each specific peptide,and an estimated binding score. In Tables XLVI-XLIX, selectedcandidates, 15-mers, for each family member are shown along with theirlocation, the amino acid sequence of each specific peptide, and anestimated binding score. The binding score corresponds to the estimatedhalf time of dissociation of complexes containing the peptide at 37° C.at pH 6.5. Peptides with the highest binding score are predicted to bethe most tightly bound to HLA Class I on the cell surface for thegreatest period of time and thus represent the best immunogenic targetsto T-cell recognition.

Actual binding of peptides to an HLA allele can be evaluated bystabilization of HLA expression on the antigen-processing defective cellline T2 (see, e.g., Xue et al., Prostate 30:73-8 (1997) and Peshwa etal., Prostate 36:129-38 (1998). Immunogenicity of specific peptides canbe evaluated in vitro by stimulation of CD8+cytotoxic T lymphocytes(CTL) in the presence of antigen presenting cells such as dendriticcells.

It is to be appreciated every epitope predicted by the BIMAS site,Epimer φ and Epimatrix® sites, or specified by the HLA class I or classI motifs available in the art or which become part of the art such asset forth in Table IV (or determined using World Wide Web site URLsyfpeilhi.bmi-heidelberg.com/, or BIMAS, bimas.dcrt.nih.gov/) are to be“applied” to a 202P5A5 protein in accordance with the invention. As usedin this context “applied” means that a 202P5A5 protein is evaluated,e.g., visually or by computer-based patterns finding methods, asappreciated by those of skill in the relevant art. Every subsequence ofa 202P5A5 protein of 8, 9, 10, or 11 amino acid residues that bears anHLA Class I motif, or a subsequence of 9 or more amino acid residuesthat bear an HLA Class II motif, are within the scope of the invention.

III.B.) Expression of 202P5A5-related Proteins

In an embodiment described in the examples that follow, 202P5A5 can beconveniently expressed in cells (such as 283T cells) transfected with acommercially available expression vector such as a CMV-driven expressionvector encoding 202P5A5 with a C-terminal 6XHis and MYC tag(pcDNA3.1/mycHIS, Invitrogen or Tag5, GenHunter Corporation, NashvilleTenn.). the Tag5 vector provides an IgGK secretion signal that can beused to facilitate the production of a secreted 202P5A5 protein intransfected cells. The secreted HIS-tagged 202P5A5 in the culture mediacan be purified, e.g., using a nickel column using standard techniques.

III.C.) Modifications of 202P5A5-related Proteins

Modifications of 202P5A5-related proteins such as covalent modificationsare included within the scope of this invention. One type of covalentmodification includes reacting targeted amino acid residues of a 202P5A5polypeptide with an organic derivatizing agent that is capable ofreacting with selected side chains or the N- or C-terminal residues of a202P5A5 protein. Another type of covalent modification of a 202P5A5polypeptide includes within the scope of this invention comprisesaltering the native glycosylation pattern of a protein of the invention.Another type of covalent modification of 202P5A5 comprises linking a202P5A5 polypeptide to one of a variety of nonproteinaceous polymers,e.g., polyethylene glycol (PEG), polypropylene glycol, orpolyoxyalkylenes, in the manner set forth in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,640,835;4,496,689, 4,301,144; 4,670,417; 4,791,192 or 4,179,337.

The 202P5A5-related proteins of the present invention can also bemodified to form a chimeric molecule comprising 202P5A5 fused toanother, heterologous polypeptide or amino acid sequence. Such achimeric molecule can be synthesized chemically or recombinantly. Achimeric molecule can have a protein of the invention fused to anothertumor-associated antigen or fragment thereof. Alternatively, a proteinin accordance with the invention can comprise a fusion of fragments of a202P5A5 sequence (amino or nucleic acid) such that a molecule is createdthat is not, through its length, directly homologous to the amino ornucleic acid sequences shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3. Such a chimericmolecule can comprise multiples of the same subsequence of 202P5A5. Achimeric molecule can comprise a fusion of a 202P5A5-related proteinwith a polyhistidine epitope tag, which provides an epitope to whichimmobilized nickel can selectively bind, with cytokines or with growthfactors. The epitope tag is generally placed at the amino- orcarboxyl-terminus of a 202P5A5 protein. In an alternative embodiment,the chimeric molecule can comprise a fusion of a 202P5A5-related proteinwith an immunoglobulin or a particular region of an immunoglobulin. Fora bivalent form of the chimeric molecule (also referred to as an“immunoadhesin”), such a fusion could be to the Fc region of an IgGmolecule. The Ig fusions preferably include the substitution of asoluble (transmembrane domain deleted or inactivated) form of a 202P5A5polypeptide in place of at least one variable region within an Igmolecule. In a preferred embodiment, the immunoglobulin fusion includesthe hinge, CH2and CH3, or the hinge, CH1, CH2 and CH3 regions of an IgGlmolecule. For the production of immunoglobulin fusions see, e.g., U.S.Pat. No. 5,428,130 issued Jun. 27, 1995.

III.D.) Uses of 202P5A5-related Proteins

The proteins of the invention have a number of different specific uses.As 202P5A5 is highly expressed in prostate and other cancers,202P5A5-related proteins are used in methods that assess the status of202P5A5 gene products in normal versus cancerous tissues, therebyelucidating the malignant phenotype. Typically, polypeptides fromspecific regions of a 202P5A5 protein are used to assess the presence ofperturbations (such as deletions, insertions, point mutations etc.) inthose regions (such as regions containing one or more motifs). Exemplaryassays utilize antibodies or T cells targeting 202P5A5-related proteinscomprising the amino acid residues of one or more of the biologicalmotifs contained within a 202P5A5 polypeptide sequence in order toevaluate the characteristics of this region in normal versus canceroustissues or to elicit an immune response to the epitope. Alternatively,202P5A5-related proteins that contain the amino acid residues of one ormore of the biological motifs in a 202P5A5 protein are used to screenfor factors that interact with that region of 202P5A5.

202P5A5 protein fragments/subsequences are particularly useful ingenerating and characterizing domain-specific antibodies (e.g.,antibodies recognizing an extracellular or intracellular epitope of a202P5A5 protein), for identifying agents or cellular factors that bindto 202P5A5 or a particular structural domain thereof, and in varioustherapeutic and diagnostic contexts, including but not limited todiagnostic assays, cancer vaccines and methods of preparing suchvaccines.

Proteins encoded by the 202P5A5 genes, or by analogs, homo logs orfragments thereof, have a variety of uses, including but not limited togenerating antibodies and in methods for identifying ligands and otheragents and cellular constituents that bind to a 202P5A5 gene productAntibodies raised against a 202P5A5 protein or fragment thereof areuseful in diagnostic and prognostic assays, and imaging methodologies inthe management of human cancers characterized by expression of 202A5A5protein, such as those listed in Table I. Such antibodies can beexpressed intracellularly and used in methods of treating patients withsuch cancers. 202P5A5-related nucleic acids or proteins are also used ingenerating HTL or CTL responses.

Various immunological assays useful for the detection of 202P5A5proteins are used, including but not limited to various types of radioimmunoassays, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), enzyme-linkedimmunofluorescent assays (ELIFA), immunocytochemical methods, and thelike. Antibodies can be labeled and used as immunological imagingreagents capable of detecting 202A5A5-expressing cells (e.g., inradioscinligraphic imaging methods), 202P5A5 proteins are alsoparticularly useful in generating cancer vaccines, as further describedherein.

IV.)202P5A5 Antibodies

Another aspect of the invention provides antibodies that bind to202P5A5-related proteins. Preferred antibodies specifically bind to a202P5A5-related protein and do not bind (or bind weakly) to peptides orproteins that are not 202P5A5-related proteins under physiologicalconditions. In this context, examples of physiological conditionsinclude: 1) phosphate buffered saline; 2) Tris-buffered salinecontaining 25 mM Tris and 150 mM NaCl; or normal saline (0.9% NaCl); 4)animal serum such as human serum; or, 5) a combination of any of 1)through 4); these reactions preferably taking place at pH 7.5,alternatively in a range of pH 7.0 to 8.0, or alternatively in a rangeof pH 6.5 to 8.5; also, these reactions taking place at a temperaturebetween 4° C. to 37° C. For example, antibodies that bind 202P5A5 canbind 202P5A5-related proteins such as the homologs or analogs thereof.

202P5A5 antibodies of the invention are particularly useful in cancer(see, e.g., Table I) diagnostic and prognostic assays, and imagingmethodologies. Similarly, such antibodies are useful in the treatment,diagnosis, and/or prognosis of other cancers, to the extent 202P5A5 isalso expressed or overexpressed in these other cancers. Moreover,intracellularly expressed antibodies (e.g., single chain antibodies) aretherapeutically useful in treating cancers in which the expression of202P5A5 is involved, such as advanced or metastatic prostate cancers.

The invention also provides various immunological assays useful for thedefection and quantification of 202P5A5 and mutant 202P5A5-relatedproteins. Such assays can comprise one or more 202P5A5 antibodiescapable of recognizing and binding a 202A5A5-related protein, asappropriate. These assays are performed within various immunologicalassay formats well known in the art, including but not limited tovarious types of radioimmunoassays, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays(ELISA), enzyme-linked immunofluorescent assays (ELIFA), and the like,

immunological non-antibody assays of the invention also comprise T cellimmunogenicity assays (inhibitory or stimulatory) as wail as majorhistocompatibility complex (MHC) binding assays,

In addition, immunological imaging methods capable of detecting prostatecancer and other cancers expressing 202P5A5 are also provided by theinvention, including but not limited to radio scintigraphic imagingmethods using labeled 202P5A5 antibodies. Such assays are clinicallyuseful in the detection, monitoring, and prognosis of 202P5A5 expressingcancers such as prostate cancer,

202P5A5 antibodies are also used in methods for purifying a202P5A5-related protein and for isolating 202P5A5 homologues and relatedmolecules. For example, a method of purifying a 202P5A5-related proteincomprises incubating a 202P5A5 antibody, which has bean coupled to asolid matrix, with a lysate or other solution containing a202P5A5-related protein under conditions that permit the 202P5A5antibody to bind to the 202P5A5-related protein; washing the solidmatrix to eliminate impurities and eluting the 202P5A5-related proteinfrom the coupled antibody. Other uses of 202P5A5 antibodies inaccordance with the invention include generating anti-idiotypicantibodies that mimic a 202P5A5 protein.

Various methods for the preparation of antibodies are well known in theart. For example, antibodies can be prepared by immunizing a suitablemammalian host using a 202P5A5-related protein, peptide, or fragment, inisolated or immunoconjugated form (Antibodies: A Laboratory Manual, CSHPress, Eds., Harlow, and Lane (1988), Harlow, Antibodies, Cold SpringHarbor Press, N.Y. (1989). In addition, fusion proteins of 202P5A5 canalso be used, such as a 202P5A5 GST-fusion protein. In a particularembodiment, a GST fusion protein comprising all or most of the aminoacid sequence of FIG. 2 or FIG. 3 is produced, then used as an immunogento generate appropriate antibodies, In another embodiment, a202P5A5-related protein is synthesized and used as an immunogen.

In addition, naked DNA immunization techniques known in the art are used(with or without purified 202P5A5-related protein or 202P5A5 expressingcells) to generate an immune response to the encoded immunogen (forreview, see Donnelly et al., 1997, Ann. Rev. Immunol. 15:617-648).

The amino acid sequence of a 202P5A5 protein as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG.3 can be analyzed to select specific regions of the 202P5A5 protein forgenerating antibodies. For example, hydrophobicity and hydrophilicityanalyses of a 202P5A5 amino acid sequence are used to identifyhydrophilic regions in the 202P5A5 structure. Regions of a 202P5A5protein that show immunogenic structure, as well as other regions anddomains, can readily be identified using various other methods known inthe art, such as Chou-Fasman, Garnier-Robson, Kyte-Doolittle. Eisenberg.Karplus-Schultz or Jameson-Wolf analysis. Hydrophilicity profiles can begenerated using the method of Hopp, T. P. and Woods, K. R., 1961, Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 78:3824-3828. Hydropathicity profiles can begenerated using the method of Kyte, J. and Doolittle, R. F., 1982, J.Mol. Biol. 157:105-132. Percent (%) Accessible Residues profiles can begenerated using the method of Janin J., 1979, Nature 277:491-492.Average Flexibility profiles can be generated using the method ofBhaskaran R., Ponnuswamy P. K., 1988, Int. J. Pept, Protein Res.32:242-255. Beta-turn profiles can be generated using the method ofDeleage, G. Roux B., 1937, Protein Engineering 1:289-294. Thus, eachregion identified by any of these programs or methods is within thescope of the present invention. Methods for the generation of 202P5A5antibodies are further illustrated by way of the examples providedherein. Methods for preparing a protein or polypeptide for use as animmunogen are well known in the art. Also well known in the art aremethods for preparing immunogenic conjugates of a protein with acarrier, such as BSA, KLH or other carrier protein. In somecircumstances, direct conjugation using, for example, carbodimidereagents are used; in other instances linking reagents such as thosesupplied by Pierce Chemical Co., Rockford, Ill., are effective.Administration of a 202P5A5 immunogen is often conducted by injectionover a suitable time period and with use of a suitable adjuvant, as isunderstood in the art. During the immunization schedule, liters ofantibodies can be taken to determine adequacy of antibody formation.

202P5A5 monoclonal antibodies can be produced by various means wellknown in the art. For example, immortalized cell lines that secrete adesired monoclonal antibody are prepared using the standard hybridomatechnology of Kohler and Milstein or modifications that immortalizeantibody-producing B cells, as is generally known, immortalized celllines that secrete the desired antibodies are screened by immunoassay inwhich the antigen is a 202A5A5-related protein. When the appropriateimmortalized cell culture is identified, the cells can be expanded andantibodies produced either from in vitro cultures or from ascites fluid.

The antibodies or fragments of the invention can also be produced, byrecombinant means. Regions that bind specifically to the desired regionsof a 202P5A5 protein can also be produced in the context of chimeric orcomplementarity-determining region (CDR) grafted antibodies of multiplespecies origin. Humanized or human 202P5A5 antibodies can also beproduced, and are preferred for use in therapeutic contexts. Methods forhumanizing murine and other non-human antibodies, by substituting one ormore of the non-human antibody CDRs for corresponding human antibodysequences, are well known (see for example, Jones et al., 1986,Nature321:522-525; Riechmann et al., 1988, Nature 332:323-327; Verhoeyenet al., 1988, Science 239:1534-1533). See also, Carter et al., 1993,Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89:4285 and Sims et al., 1993, J. Immunol.151:2296.

Methods for producing fully human monoclonal antibodies include phagedisplay and transgene methods (for review, see Vaughan et al., 1998,Nature Biotechnology 16:535-539), Fully human 202P5A5 monoclonalantibodies can be generated using cloning technologies employing largehuman Ig gene combinatorial libraries (i.e., phage display) (Griffithsand Hoogenboom, Building an in vitro immune system: human antibodiesfrom phage display libraries. In; Protein Engineering of AntibodyMolecules for Prophylactic and Therapeutic Applications in Man, Clark,M. (Ed.), Nottingham Academic, pp 45-64 (1993); Burton and Barbas, HumanAntibodies from combinatorial libraries, Id., pp 65-82). Fully human202P5A5 monoclonal antibodies can also be produced using transgenic miceengineered to contain human immunoglobulin gene loci as described in PCTPatent Application WO096/24893, Kucherlapati and Jakobovits et al.,published Dec. 3, 1997(see also. Jakobovits, 1993, Exp. Opin. Invest.Drugs 7(4):607-614; U.S. Pat. No. 6,162,963 issued 19 Dec. 2000; U.S.Pat. No. 6,150,584 issued 12 Nov. 200D; and, U.S. Pat. No.6,114598issued 5 Sep. 2000). This method avoids the in vitromanipulation required with phage display technology and efficientlyproduces high affinity authentic human antibodies.

Reactivity of 202P5A5 antibodies with a 202P5A5-related protein can beestablished by a number of well known means, including Western blot,immunoprecipitation, ELISA, and FACS analyses using, as appropriate,202P5A5-related proteins, 202P5A5-expressing cells or extracts thereof.A 202P5A5 antibody or fragment thereof can be labeled with a detectablemarker or conjugated to a second molecule. Suitable detectable markersinclude, but are not limited to, a radioisotope, a fluorescent compound,a bio luminescent compound, chemiluminescent compound, a metal chelatoror an enzyme. Further, bi-specific antibodies specific for two or more202P5A5 epitopes are generated using methods generally known in the art.Homodimeric antibodies can also be generated by cross-linking techniquesknown in the art (e.g., Wolff et si., Cancer Res. 53:2560-2565).

V.) 202A5A5 Cellular Immune Responses

The mechanism by which T cells recognize antigens has been delineated.Efficacious peptide epitope vaccine compositions of the invention inducea therapeutic or prophylactic immune responses in very broad segments ofthe world-wide population. For an understanding of the value andefficacy of compositions of the invention that induce cellular immuneresponses, a brief review of immunology-related technology is provided.

A complex of an HLA molecule and a peptidic antigen acts as the ligandrecognized by HLA-restricted T cells (Buus, S. et al., Cell 47:1071,1986: Babbitt, B. P. et al., Nature 317:359, 1985; Townsend, A. andBodmer, H., Annu. Rev. Immunol. 7:601, 1989; Germain, R. N., Annu. Rev.Immunol. 11:403, 1993). Through the study of single amino acidsubstituted antigen analogs and the sequencing of endogenously bound,naturally processed peptides, critical residues that correspond tomotifs required for specific binding to HLA antigen molecules have beenidentified and are set forth in Table IV (see also, e.g., Southwood, etal., J. Immunol. 160:3363, 1993; Rammensee, et al., Inmunagenetics41:176, 1995; Rammensee et al., SYFPEITHI, access via World Wide Web atURL (134.2.96.221/scripts.hiaserver.dll.home.htm); Sette, A. and Sidney,J. Curr. Opin. Immunol. 10:476, 1998; Engelhard, V. H. Curr. Opin.Immunol. 6:13, 1994; Sette, A. and Grey, H. M., Curr. Opin. Immunol.4:79, 1992; Sinigaglia, F. and Hammer, J. Curr. Biol. 6:52, 1994;Ruppert et al., Cell74:929-937, 1993, Kondo et al., J. Immunol.155:4307-4312, 1995; Sidney et al., J. Immunol. 157:3480-3490, 1996;Sidney et al., Human Immunol. 45:79-93, 1996; Sette, A. and Sidney, J.Immunogenetics 1999 Nov; 50 (3-4):201-12, Review).

Furthermore, x-ray crystal log

Furthermore, x-ray crystalliographic analyses of HLA-peptide complexeshave revealed pockets within the peptide binding cleft/groove of HLAmolecules which accommodate, in an allele-specific mode, residues borneby peptide ligands; these residues in turn determine the HLA bindingcapacity of the peptides in which they are present. (See, e.g., Madden,D. R. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 13:587, 1995; Smith, et al., Immunity 4:203,1996; Fremont et al., Immunity 8:305, 1998; Stem et al., Structure2:245, 1994: Jones, E. Y. Curr. Opin. Immunol 9:75, 1997:Brown, J. H. etal., Nature 364:33, 1993; Guo, H. C. et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA90:8053, 1993; Guo, H. C. et al., Nature 360:364, 1992; Silver, M. L. etal., Nature 380:367, 1992; Matsumura, M. et al., Science 257:927, 1992;Madden et al., Cell 70:1035, 1992; Fremont, D. H. et al., Science257:919, 1992; Saper, M. A., Bjorkman, P. J. and Wiley, D.C., J. Mol.Biol. 219:277, 1991.)

Accordingly, the definition of class I and class II allele-specific HLAbinding motifs, or class I or class II supermotifs allows identificationof regions within a protein that are correlated with binding toparticular HLA antigen(s).

Thus, by a process of HLA motif identification, candidates forepitope-based vaccines have been identified, such candidates can befurther evaluated by HLA-peptide binding assays to determine bindingaffinity and/or the time period of association of the epitope and itscorresponding HLA molecule. Additional confirmatory work can beperformed to select, amongst these vaccine candidates, epitopes withpreferred characteristics in terms of population coverage, and/orimmunogenicity.

Various strategies can be utilized to evaluate cellular immunogenicity,including:

1) Evaluation of primary T cell cultures from normal individuals (see,e.g., Wentworth, P. A. et al., Mol. Immunol. 32:603, 1995; Celis, E. etal., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91;2105, 1994; Tsai, V. et al., J.Immunol. 153:1796, 1997; Kawashima, I. et al., Human Immunol. 59:1,1998). This procedure involves the stimulation of peripheral bloodlymphocytes (PBL) from normal subjects with a test peptide in thepresence of antigen presenting cells in vitro over a period of severalweeks. T cells specific for the peptide became activated during thistime and are detected using, e.g., a lymphokine- or ⁵¹Cr-release assayinvolving peptide sensitized target cells.

2) Immunization of HLA transgenic mice (see, e.g. Wentworth, P. A. etal., J. Immunol. 26:97, 1996; Wentworth, P. A. et al., Int. Immunol.8:651, 1996; Alexander, J. et al., J. Immunol 159:4753, 1997). Forexample, in such methods peptides in incomplete Freund's adjuvant areadministered subcutaneously to HLA transgenic mice. Several weeksfollowing immunization, splenocytes are removed and cultured in vitro inthe presence of test peptide for approximately one week.Peptide-specific T cells are detected using, e.g., a ⁵¹Cr-release assayinvolving peptide sensitized target cells and target cells expressingendogenously generated antigen.

3) Demonstration of recall T cell responses from immune individuals whohave been either effectively vaccinated and/or from chronically illpatients (see, e.g., Rehermann, B. et al., J. Exp. Med. 181:1047, 1995;Doolan, D. L, et al., Immunity 7.97, 1997; Bertoni, R. et al., J. Clin.Invest. 100:503, 1987, Threlkeid, S. C. et al., J. Immunol. 159:1648,1997; Diepolder, H. M. et al., J. Virol. 71:6011, 1997). Accordingly,recall responses are detected by culturing PBL from subjects that havebeen exposed to the antigen due to disease and thus have generated animmune response “naturally”, or from patients who were vaccinatedagainst the antigen. PBL from subjects are cultured in vitro for 1-2weeks in the presence of test peptide plus antigen presenting cells(APC) to allow activation of “memory” T cells, as compared to “naive” Tcells. At the end of the culture period, T cell activity is detectedusing assays including ⁵¹Cr release involving peptide-sensitizedtargets, T cell proliferation, or lymphokine release.

VI.) 202P5A5 Transgenic Animals

Nucleic acids that encode a 202P5A5-related protein can also be used togenerate either transgenic animals or “knock out” animals that, in turn,are useful in the development and screening of therapeutically usefulreagents. In accordance with established techniques, cDNA encoding202P5A5 can be used to clone genomic DNA that encodes 202P5A5. Thecloned genomic sequences can then be used to generate transgenic animalscontaining cells that express DNA that encode 202P5A5. Methods forgenerating transgenic animals, particularly animals such as mice orrats, have become conventional in the art and are described, forexample, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,736,866 issued 12 Apr. 1988, and U.S. Pat.No. 4,870,009 issued 28 Sep. 1989. Typically, particular cells would betargeted for 202P5A5 transgene incorporation with tissue-specificenhancers.

Transgenic animals that include a copy of a transgene encoding 202P5A5can be used to examine the effect of Increased expression of DNA thatencodes 202P5A5. Such animals can be used as tester animals for reagentsthought to confer protection from, for example, pathological conditionsassociated with its overexpression. In accordance with this aspect ofthe invention, an animal is treated with a reagent and a reducedincidence of a pathological condition, compared to untreated animalsthat bear the transgene, would indicate a potential therapeuticintervention for the pathological condition.

Alternatively, non-human homologues of 202P5A5 can be used to constructa 202P5A5 “knock out” animal that has a defective or altered geneencoding 202P5A5 as a result of homologous recombination between theendogenous gene encoding 202P5A5 and altered genomic DNA encoding202P5A5 introduced into an embryonic cell of the animal. For example,cDNA that encodes 202P5A5 can be used to clone genomic DNA encoding202P5A5 in accordance with established techniques. A portion of thegenomic DNA encoding 202P5A5 can be deleted or replaced with anothergene, such as a gene encoding a selectable marker that can be used tomonitor integration. Typically, several kilobases of unaltered flankingDNA (both at the 5′ and 3′ ends) are included in the vector (see. e.g.,Thomas and Capecchi, Cell, 51:503 (1987) for a description of homologousrecombination vectors). The vector is introduced into an embryonic stemcell line (e.g., by electroporation) and cells in which the introducedDNA has homologously recombined with the endogenous DNA are selected(see, e.g., Li et al., Cell, 69:915 (1992)). The selected cells are theninjected into a blastocyst of an animal (e.g., a mouse or rat) to formaggregation chimeras (see, e.g., Bradley, in Teratocarcinomas andEmbryonic Stem Cells: A Practical Approach, E. J. Robertson, ed. (IRL,Oxford, 1987), pp. 113-152). A chimeric embryo can then be implantedinto a suitable pseudopregnant female foster animal, and the embryobrought to term to create a “knock out” animal. Progeny harboring thehomologously recombined DNA in their germ ceils can be identified bystandard techniques and used to breed animals in which all cells of theanimal contain the homologously recombined DNA. Knock out animals can becharacterized, for example, for their ability to defend against certainpathological conditions or for their development of pathologicalconditions due to absence of a 202P5A5 polypeptide.

VII.) Methods for the Detection of 202P5A5

Another aspect of the present invention relates to methods for detecting202P5A5 polynucleotides and 202P5A5-related proteins, as well as methodsfor identifying a cell that expresses 202P5A5. The expression profile of202P5A5 makes it a diagnostic marker for metastasized disease.Accordingly, the status of 202P5A5 gene products provides informationuseful for predicting a variety of Saclors including susceptibility toadvanced stage disease, rate of progression, and/or turneraggressiveness. As discussed in detail herein, the status of 202P5A5gene products in patient samples can be analyzed by a variety protocolsthat are well known in the art including immunohistochemical analysis,the variety of Northern blotting techniques including in situhybridization, RT-PCR analysis (for example on laser capturemicro-dissected samples), Western blot analysis and tissue arrayanalysis.

More particularly, the invention provides assays for the detection of202P5A5 polynucleotides in a biological sample, such as serum, bone,prostate, and other tissues, urine, semen, cell preparations, and thelike, Detectable 202P5A5 polynucleotides include, for example, a 202P5A5gene or fragment thereof, 202P5A5 mRNA, alternative splice variant202P5A5 mRMAs, and recombinant DNA or RNA molecules that contain a202P5A5 polynucleotide. A number of methods for amplifying and/ordetecting the presence of 202P5A5 polynucleotides are well known in theart and can be employed in the practice of this aspect of the invention.

In one embodiment, a method for defecting a 202P5A5 mRNA in a biologicalsample comprises producing cDNA from the sample by reverse transcriptionusing at least one primer; amplifying the cDNA so produced using a202P5A5 polynucleotides as sense and antisense primers to amp lily202P5A5 cDNAs therein; and detecting the presence of the amplified202P5A5 cDNA. Optionally, the sequence of the amplified 202P5A5 cDNA canbe determined.

In another embodiment, a method of detecting a 202A5A5 gene in abiological sample comprises first isolating genomic DNA from the sample;amplifying the isolated genomic DNA using 202P5A5 polynucleotides assense and antisense primers; and detecting the presence of the amplified202P5A5 gene. Any number of appropriate sense and antisense probecombinations can be designed from a 202P5A5 nucleotide sequence (see,e.g., FIG. 2) and used for this purpose.

The invention also provides assays for detecting the presence of a202P5A5 protein in a tissue or other biological sample such as serum,semen, bone, prostate, urine, cell preparations, and the like. Methodsfor detecting a 202P5A5-related protein are also well known and include,for example, immune precipitation, immunohistochemical analysis, Westernblot analysis, molecular binding assays, ELISA, ELIFA and the like. Forexample, a method of detecting the presence of a 202P5A5-related proteinin a biological sample comprises first contacting the sample with a202P5A5 antibody, a 202P5A5-reactive fragment thereof, or a recombinantprotein containing an antigen-binding region of a 202P5A5 antibody; andthen detecting the binding of 202P5A5-related protein in the sample.

Methods for identifying a cell that expresses 202P5A5 are also withinthe scope of the invention. In one embodiment, an assay for identifyinga cell that expresses a 202P5A5 gene comprises detecting the presence of202P5A5 mRNA in the cell. Methods for the detection of particular mRNAsin cells are well known and include, for example, hybridization assaysusing complementary DNA probes (such as in situ hybridization usinglabeled 202P5A5 riboprobes, Northern blot and related techniques) andvarious nucleic acid amplification assays (such as RT-PCR usingcomplementary primers specific for 202A5A5, and other amplification typedetection methods, such as, for example, branched DNA SISBA, TMA and thelike). Alternatively, an assay for identifying a cell that expresses a202P5A5 gene comprises detecting the presence of 202P5A5-related proteinin the cell or secreted by the cell. Various methods for the detectionof proteins are well known in the art and are employed for the detectionof 202P5A5-related proteins and cells that express 202P5A5 relatedproteins.

202P5A5 expression analysis is also useful as a tool for identifying andevaluating agents that modulate 202P5A5 gene expression. For example,202A5A5 expression is significantly unregulated in prostate cancer, andis expressed in cancers of the tissues listed in Table I. Identificationof a molecule or biological agent that inhibits 202P5A5 expression orover-expression in cancer cells is of therapeutic value. For example,such an agent can be identified by using a screen that quantifies202P5A5 expression by RT-PCR, nucleic acid hybridization or antibodybinding.

VIII.) Methods for Monitoring the Status of 202P5A5-related Genes andTheir Products

Oncogenesis is known to be a multistep process where cellular growthbecomes progressively dysregulated and cells progress from a normalphysiological state to precancerous and then cancerous states (see,e.g., Alers et al., Lab Invest. 77(5): 437-438 (1997) and Isaacs et al.,Cancer. Surv. 23: 19-32 (1995)). In this context, examining a biologicalsample for evidence of dysregulated cell growth (such as aberrant202P5A5 expression in cancers) allows for early detection of suchaberrant physiology, before a pathologic state such as cancer hasprogressed to a stage that therapeutic options are more limited and orthe prognosis is worse, In such examinations, the status of 202P5A5 in abiological sample of interest can be compared, for example, to thestatus of 202P5A5 in a corresponding normal sample (e.g. a sample fromthat individual or alternatively another individual that is not affectedby a pathology). An alteration in the status of 202P5A5 in thebiological sample (as compared to the normal sample) provides evidenceof dysregulated cellular growth. In addition to using a biologicalsample that is not affected by a pathology as a normal sample, one canalso use a predetermined normative value such as a predetermined normallevel of mRNA expression (see, e.g., Grever et al., J. Comp, Neurol.1996Dec 9; 376(2): 306-14 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,837,501) to compare202P5A5 status in a sample.

The term “status” in this context is used according to its art acceptedmeaning and refers to the condition or state of a gene and its products.Typically, skilled artisans use a number of parameters to evaluate thecondition or state of a gene and its products. These include, but arenot limited to the location of expressed gene products (including thelocation of 202P5A5 expressing cells) as well as the level, andbiological activity of expressed gene products (such as 202P5A5 mRNA,polynucleotides and polypeptides). Typically, an alteration in thestatus of 202P5A5 comprises a change in the location of 202P5A5 and/or202P5A5 expressing cells and/or an increase in 202P5A5 mRNA and/orprotein expression.

202P5A5 status in a sample can be analyzed by a number of means wellknown in the art including without limitation, Immunohistochemicalanalysis, in situ hybridization, RT-PCR analysis on laser capturemicro-dissected samples, Western blot analysis, and tissue arrayanalysis. Typical protocols for evaluating the status of a 202P5A5 geneand gene products are found, for example in Ausubel et al. eds., 1995,Current Protocols In Molecular Biology; Units 2 (Northern Blotting), 4(Southern Blotting), 15 (Immunoblotting) and 18 (PCR Analysis). Thus,the status of 202P5A5 in a biological sample is evaluated by variousmethods utilized by skilled artisans including, but not limited togenomic Southern analysis (to examine, for example perturbations in a202P5A5 gene), Northern analysis and/or PCR analysis of 202A5A5 mRNA (toexamine, for example alternations in the polynucleotide sequences orexpression levels of 202P5A5 mRNAs), and, Western and/orimmunohistochemical analysis (to examine, for example alterations inpolypeptide sequences, alterations in polypeptide localization within asample, alterations in expression levels of 202P5A5 proteins and/orassociations of 202P5A5 proteins with polypeptide binding partners).Detectable 202P5A5 polynucleotides include, for example, a 202P5A5 geneor fragment thereof, 202P5A5 mRNA, alternative splice variants, 202P5A5mRNAs, and recombinant DNA or RNA molecules containing a 202P5A5polynucleotide.

The expression profile of 202P5A5 makes it a diagnostic marker for localand/or metastasized disease, and provides information on the growth oroncogenic potential of a biological sample. In particular, the status of202P5A5 provides information useful for predicting susceptibility toparticular disease stages, progression, and/or tumor aggressiveness. Theinvention provides methods and assays for determining 202P5A5 status anddiagnosing cancers that express 202P5A5, such as cancers of the tissueslocated in Table I. For example, because 202P5A5 mRNA is so highlyexpressed in possible and other cancers relative to normal prostatetissue, assays that evaluate the levels of 202P5A5 mRNA transcripts orproteins in a biological sample can be used to diagnose a diseaseassociated with 202P5A5 dysregulation, and can provide prognosticinformation useful in defining appropriate therapeutic options.

The expression status of 202P5A5 provides information including thepresence, stage and location of dysplastic, precancerous and cancerouscells, predicting susceptibility to various stages of disease, and/orfor gauging tumor aggressiveness. Moreover, the expression profile makesit useful as an imaging reagent for metastasized disease. Consequently,an aspect of the invention is directed to the various molecularprognostic and diagnostic methods for examining the status of 202P5A5 inbiological samples such as those from individuals suffering from, orsuspected of suffering from a pathology characterized by dysregulatedcellular growth, such as cancer.

As described above, the status of 202P5A5 in a biological sample can beexamined by a number of well-known procedures in the art, For example,the status of 202P5A5 in a biological sample taken from a specificlocation in the body can be examined by evaluating the sample for thepresence or absence of 202P5A5 expressing cells (e.g. those that express202P5A5 mRNAs or proteins). This examination can provide evidence ofdysregulated cellular growth, for example, when 202P5A5-expressing cellsare found in a biological sample that does not normally contain suchcells (such as a lymph node), because such alterations in the status of202P5A5 in a biological sample are often associated with dysregulatedcellular growth. Specifically, one indicator of dysregulated cellulargrowth is the metastases of cancer ceils from an organ of origin (suchas the prostate) to a different area of the body (such as a lymph node).In this context, evidence of dysregulated cellular growth is importantfor example because occult lymph node metastases can be detected in asubstantial proportion of patients with prostate cancer, and suchmetastases are associated with known predictors of disease progression(see, e.g., Murphy et al., Prostate 42(4): 315-317 (2000); Su et al.,Semin. Surg. Oncol. 18(1): 17-28 (2000) and Freeman et al., J Urol 1995Aug 154(2 Pt 1);474-8).

In one aspect, the invention provides methods for monitoring 202P5A5gene products by determining the status of 202P5A5 gene productsexpressed by cells from an individual suspected of having a diseaseassociated with dysregulated cell growth (such as hyperplasia or cancer)and then comparing the status so determined to the status of 202P5A5gene products in a corresponding normal sample. The presence of aberrant202P5A5 gene products in the test sample relative to the normal sampleprovides an indication of the presence of dysregulated cell growthwithin the cells of the individual.

In another aspect, the invention provides assays useful in determiningthe presence of cancer in an individual, comprising detecting asignificant increase in 202P5A5 mRNA or protein expression in a testcell or tissue sample relative to expression levels in the correspondingnormal cell or tissue. The presence of 202P5A5 mRNA can, for example, beevaluated in tissues including but not limited to those listed in TableI. The presence of significant 202P5A5 expression in any of thesetissues is useful to indicate the emergence, presence and/or severity ofa cancer, since the corresponding normal tissues do not express 202P5A5mRNA or express it at lower levels.

In a related embodiment, 202P5A5 status is determined at the proteinlevel rather than at the nucleic acid level. For example, such a methodcomprises determining the level of 202P5A5 protein expressed by cells ina test tissue sample and comparing the level so determined to the levelof 202P5A5 expressed in a corresponding normal sample. In oneembodiment, the presence of 202P5A5 protein is evaluated, for example,using immunochistochemical methods. 202P5A5 antibodies or bindingpartners capable of detecting 202P5A5 protein expression are used in avariety of assay formats well known in the art for this purpose.

In a further embodiment, one can evaluate the status of 202P5A5nucleotide and amino acid sequences in a biological sample in order toidentify perturbations in the structure of these molecules. Theseperturbations can include insertions, deletions, substitutions and thelike. Such evaluations are useful because perturbations in thenucleotide and amino acid sequences are observed in a large number ofproteins associated with a growth dysregulated phenotype (see, e.g.,Marrogi et al., 1999, J. Cutan. Pathol. 26(B):369-378). For example, amutation in the sequence of 202P5A5 may be indicative of the presence orpromotion of a tumor. Such assays therefore have diagnostic andpredictive value where a mutation in 202P5A5 indicates a potential lossof function or increase in tumor growth.

A wide variety of assays for observing perturbations in nucleotide andamino acid sequences are well known in the art. For example, the sizeand structure of nucleic acid or amino acid sequences of 202P5A5 geneproducts are observed by the Northern, Southern, Western, PCR and DNAsequencing protocols discussed herein. In addition, other methods forobserving perturbations in nucleotide and amino acid sequences such assingle strand conformation polymorphism analysis are well known in theart (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,382,510 issued 7 Sep. 1999, and U.S.Pat. No. 5,952,170 issued 17 Jan. 1995).

Additionally, one can examine the methylation status of a 202P5A5 genein a biological sample. Aberrant demethylation and/or hypermethylationof CpG islands In gene 5′ regulatory regions frequently occurs inimmortalized and transformed cells, and can result in altered expressionof various genes. For example, promoter hypermethylation of the pi-classglutathione S-transferase (a protein expressed in normal prostate butnot expressed in >90% of prostate carcinomas) appears to permanentlysilence transcription of this gene and is the most frequently detectedgenomic alteration in prostate carcinomas (De Marzo et al., Am. J.Pathol. 155(6): 1985-1992 (1999)). In addition, this alteration ispresent in at least 70% of eases of high-grade prostatic intraepithelialneoplasia (PIN) (Brooks et al., Cancer Epidemiol. Biomarkers Prev.,1998,7:531-536). In another example, expression of the LAGE-I tumorspecific gene (which is not expressed in normal prostate but isexpressed in 25-50% of prostate cancers) is induced by deoxy-azacyticinein lymphoblastoid cells, suggesting that tumoral expression is due todemethylation (Lethe et al., Int. J. Cancer 76(6): 903-908 (1998)). Avariety of assays for examining methylation status of a gene are wellknown in the art. For example, one can utilize, in Southernhybridization approaches, methylation-sensitive restriction enzymes thatcannot cleave sequences that contain methylated CpG sites to assess themethylation status of CpG islands. In addition, MSP (methylationspecific PCR) can rapidly profile the methylation status of all the CpGsites present in a CpG island of a given gene. This procedure involvesinitial modification of DNA by sodium bisulfite (which will convert allunmethylated cytosines to uracil) followed by amplification usingprimers specific for methylated versus unmethylated DNA. Protocolsinvolving methylation interference can also be found for example inCurrent Protocols In Molecular Biology, Unit 12, Frederick M. Ausubel etal. eds., 1995.

Gene amplification is an additional method for assessing the status of202P5A5. Gene amplification is measured in a sample directly, forexample, by conventional Southern blotting or Northern blotting toquantitate the transcription of mRNA (Thomas, 1980, Proc. Natl. Acad.Sci. USA, 77:5201-5205), dot blotting (DNA analysis), or in situhybridization, using an appropriately labeled probe, based on thesequences provided herein. Alternatively, antibodies are employed thatrecognize specific duplexes, including DNA duplexes, RNA duplexes, andDNA-RNA hybrid duplexes or DNA-protein duplexes. The antibodies in turnare labeled and the assay carried out where the duplex is bound to asurface, so that upon the formation of duplex on the surface, thepresence of antibody bound to the duplex can be detected.

Biopsied tissue or peripheral blood can be conveniently assayed for thepresence of cancer cells using for example, Northern, dot blot or RT-PCRanalysis to detect 202P5A5 expression. The presence of RT-PCRamplifiable 202P5A5 mRNA provides an indication of the presence ofcancer. RT-PCR assays are well known in the art. RT-PCR detection assaysfor tumor cells in peripheral blood are currently being evaluated foruse in the diagnosis and management of a number of human solid tumors,in the prostate cancer field, these include RT-PCR assays for thedetection of cells expressing PSA and PSM (Verkaik et al., 1997, Urol.Res. 25:373-354; Ghossein et al., 1995, J. Clin. Oncol. 13:1195-2000;Heston et al., 1995, Clin. Chem. 41:1687-1688).

A further aspect of the invention is an assessment of the susceptibilitythat an individual has for developing cancer. In one embodiment, amethod for predicting susceptibility to cancer comprises detecting2025A5 mRNA or 202P5A5 protein in a tissue sample, its presenceindicating susceptibility to cancer, wherein the degree of 202P5A5 mRNAexpression correlates to the degree of susceptibility. In a specificembodiment, the presence of 202P5A5 in prostate or other tissue isexamined, with the presence of 202P5A5 in the sample providing anindication of prostate cancer susceptibility (or the emergence orexistence of a prostate tumor). Similarly, one can evaluate theintegrity 202P5A5 nucleotide and amino acid sequences in a biologicalsample, in order to identify perturbations in the structure of thesemolecules such as insertions, deletions, substitutions and the like. Thepresence of one or more perturbations in 202P5A5 gene products in thesample is an indication of cancer susceptibility (or the emergence orexistence of a tumor).

The invention also comprises methods for gauging tumor aggressiveness.In one embodiment, a method for gauging aggressiveness of a tumorcomprises determining the level of202P5A5 mRNA or 202P5A5 proteinexpressed by tumor cells, comparing the level so determined to the levelof 202P5A5 mRNA or 202P5A5 protein expressed in a corresponding normaltissue taken from the same individual or a normal tissue referencesample, wherein the degree of 202P5A5 mRNA or 202P5A5 protein expressionin the tumor sample relative to the normal sample indicates the degreeof aggressiveness. In a specific embodiment, aggressiveness of a tumoris evaluated by determining the extent to which 202P5A5 is expressed inthe tumor cells, with higher expression levels indicating moreaggressive tumors. Another embodiment is the evaluation of the integrityof 202P5A5 nucleotide and amino acid sequences in a biological sample,in order to identify perturbations in the structure of these moleculessuch as insertions, deletions, substitutions and the like. The presenceof one or more perturbations indicates more aggressive tumors.

Another embodiment of the invention is directed to methods for observingthe progression of a malignancy in an individual over time. In oneembodiment, methods for observing the progression of a malignancy in anindividual over time comprise determining the level of 202P5A5 mRNA or202P5A5 protein expressed by cells in a sample of the tumor, comparingthe level so determined to the level of 202P5A5 mRNA or 202P5A5 proteinexpressed in an equivalent tissue sample taken from the same individualat a different time, wherein the degree of 202P5A5 mRNA or202P5A5protein expression in the tumor sample over time provides information onthe progression of the cancer. In a specific embodiment, the progressionof a cancer is evaluated by determining 202P5A5 expression in the tumorcells over time, where increased expression over time indicates aprogression of the cancer. Also, one can evaluate the integrity 202P5A5nucleotide and amino acid sequences in a biological sample in order toidentify perturbations in the structure of these molecules such asinsertions, deletions, substitutions and the like, where the presence ofone or more perturbations indicates a progression of the cancer.

The above diagnostic approaches can be combined with anyone of a widevariety of prognostic and diagnostic protocols known in the art. Forexample, another embodiment of the invention is directed to methods forobserving a coincidence between the expression 202P5A5 gene and 202P5A5gene products (or perturbations in 202P5A5 gene and 202P5A5 geneproducts) and a factor that is associated with malignancy, as a meansfor diagnosing and prognosticating the status of a tissue sample. A widevariety of factors associated with malignancy can be utilized, such asthe expression of genes associated with malignancy (e.g. PSA, PSCA andPSM expression for prostate cancer etc.) as well as gross cytologicalobservations (see, e.g., Bocking et. al., 1984, Anal. Quant. Cytol. 6(2):74-88; Epstein, 1995, Hum. Pathol. 26(2):223-9; Thorson et al.,1998, Mod. Pathol. 11(6):543-51; Baisden et al., 1999, Am. J. Surg.Pathol. 23(8):918-24). Methods for observing a coincidence between theexpression of 202P5A5 gene and 202P5A5 gene products (or perturbationsin 202P5A5 gene and 202P5A5 products) and another factor that isassociated with malignancy are useful, for example, because the presenceof a set of specific factors that coincide with disease providesinformation crucial for diagnosing and prognosticating the status of atissue sample.

In one embodiment, methods for observing a coincidence between theexpression of 202P5A5 gene and 202P5A5 gene products (or perturbationsin 202P5A5 gene and 202P5A5 gene products) and another factor associatedwith malignancy entails detecting the overexpression of 202P5A5 mRNA orprotein in a tissue sample, detecting the overexpression of PSA mRNA orprotein in a tissue sample (or PSCA or PSM expression), and observing acoincidence of 202P5A5 mRNA or protein and PSA mRNA or proteinoverexpression (or PSCA or PSM expression). In a specific embodiment,the expression of 202P5A5 and PSA mRNA in prostate tissue is examined,where the coincidence of 202P5A5 and PSA mRNA overexpression in thesample indicates the existence of prostate cancer, prostate cancersusceptibility or the emergence or status of a prostate tumor,

Methods for detecting and quantifying the expression ob 202P5A5 mRNA orprotein are described herein, and standard nucleic acid and proteindetection and quantification technologies are well known in the art.Standard methods for the detection and quantification of 202P5A5 mRNAinclude m situ hybridization using labeled 202P5A5 riboprobes, Northernblot and related techniques using 202P5A5 polynucleotide probes, RT-PCRanalysis using primers specific for 202A5A5, and other amplificationtype detection methods, such as, for example, branched DNA, SISBA, TMAand the like. In a specific embodiment, semi-quantitative RT-PCR is usedto detect and quantify 202P5A5 mRNA expression. Any number of primerscapable of amplifying 202P5A5 can be used for this purpose, includingbut not limited to the various primer sets specifically describedherein. In a specific embodiment, polyclonal or monoclonal antibodiesspecifically reactive with the wild-type 202P5A5 protein can be used inan immunohistochemical assay of biopsied tissue.

IX.) Identification of Molecules That Interact With 202P5A5

The 202P5A5 protein and nucleic acid sequences disclosed herein allow askilled artisan to identify proteins, small molecules and other agentsthat interact with 202P5A5, as well as pathways activated by 202P5A5 viaany one of a variety of art accepted protocols. For example, one canutilize one of the so-called interaction trap systems (also referred toas the “two-hybrid assay”). In such systems, molecules interact andreconstitute a transcription factor which directs expression of areporter gene, whereupon the expression of the reporter gene is assayed.Other systems identify protein-protein interactions in vivo throughreconstitution of a eukaryotic transcriptional activator, see, e.g.,U.S. Pat. No. 5,955,280 issued 21Sep. 1999, U.S. Pat. No. 5,925,523issued 20 Jul. 1999, U.S. Pat. No. 5,846,722 issued 8 Dec. 1993 and U.S.Pat. No. 6,004,746 issued 21 Dec. 1999. Algorithms are also available inthe art for genome-based predictions of protein function (see, e.g.,Marcotbe, et al., Nature 402:4 Nov. 1999, 83-86).

Alternatively one can screen peptide libraries to identify moleculesthat interact with 202P5A5 protein sequences in such methods, peptidesthat bind to 202P5A5 are identified by screening libraries that encode arandom or controlled collector of amino acids. Peptides encoded by thelibraries are expressed as fusion proteins of bacteriophage coatproteins, the bacteriophage particles are it en screened against the202P5A5 protein(s).

Accordingly, peptides having a wide variety of uses, such astherapeutic, prognostic or diagnostic reagents, are thus identifiedwithout any prior information on the structure of the expected ligand orreceptor molecule. Typical peptide libraries and screening methods thatcan be used to identify molecules that interact with 202P5A5 proteinsequences are disclosed for example in U.S. Pat. No. 5,723,286 issued 3Mar. 1998 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,733,731 issued 31 Mar. 1998.

Alternatively, cell lines that express 202P5A5 are used to identifyprotein-protein interactions mediated by 202P5A5. Such interactions canbe examined using immunoprecipitation techniques (see, e.g., Hamilton B.J., et al. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1999, 261:646-51). 202P5A5protein can be immunoprecipitated from 202P5A5-expressing cell lines usinn anti-202P5A5 antibodies. Alternatively, antibodies against His-tagcan be used in a cell line engineered to express fusions of 202P5A5 anda His-tag (vectors mentioned above). The immunoprecipitated complex canbe examined for protein association by procedures such as Westernblotting, ³⁵S-methionine labeling of proteins, protein microsequencing,silver staining and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.

Small molecules and ligands that interact with 202P5A5 can be identifiedthrough related embodiments of such screening assays. For example, smallmolecules can be identified that interfere with protein function,including molecules that interfere with 202P5A5's ability to mediatephosphorylation and de-phosphorylation, interaction with DNA or RNAmolecules as an indication of regulation of cell cycles, secondmessenger signaling or tumorigenesis. Similarly, small molecules thatmodulate 202A5A5-related ion channel, protein pump, or cellcommunication functions are identified and used to treat patients thathave a cancer that expresses 202P5A5 (see, e.g., Hille, B., IonicChannels of Excitable Membranes 2^(nd) Ed., Sinauer Assoc., Sunderland,Mass., 1992), Moreover, ligands that regulate 202P5A5 function can beidentified based on their ability to bind 202P5A5 and activate areporter construct. Typical methods are discussed for example in U.S.Pat. No. 5,928,868 issued 27 Jul. 1999, and include methods for forminghybrid ligands in which at least one ligand is a small molecule. In anillustrative embodiment, cells engineered to express a fusion protein of202P5A5 and a DNA-binding protein are used to co-express a fusionprotein of a hybrid ligand/small molecule and a cDNA librarytranscriptional activator protein. The cells further contain a reportergene, the expression of which is conditioned on the proximity of thefirst and second fusion proteins to each other, an event that occursonly if the hybrid ligand binds to target sites on both hybrid proteins.Those cells that express the reporter gene are selected and the unknownsmall molecule or the unknown ligand is identified. This method providesa means of identifying modulators, which activate or inhibit 202P5A5.

An embodiment of this invention comprises a method of screening for amolecule that interacts with a 202P5A5 amino acid sequence shown in FIG.2 or FIG. 3, comprising the steps of contacting a population ofmolecules with a 202P5A5 amino acid sequence, allowing the population ofmolecules and the 202P5A5 amino acid sequence to interact underconditions that facilitate an interaction, determining the presence of amolecule that interacts with the 202P5A5 amino acid sequence, and thenseparating molecules that do not interact with the 202P5A5 amino acidsequence from molecules that do. In a specific embodiment, the methodfurther comprises purifying, characterizing and identifying a moleculethat interacts with the 202P5A5 amino acid sequence. The identifiedmolecule can be used to modulate a function performed by 202P5A5. In apreferred embodiment, the 202P5A5 amino acid sequence is contacted witha library of peptides.

X.) Therapeutic Methods and Compositions

The identification of 202P5A5 as a protein that is normally expressed ina restricted set of tissues, but which is also expressed in cancers suchas those listed in Table I, opens a number of therapeutic approaches tothe treatment of such cancers.

Of note, targeted antitumor therapies have been useful even when thetargeted protein is expressed on normal tissues, even vital normal organtissues. A vital organ is one that is necessary to sustain life, such asthe heart or colon. A non-vital organ is one that can be removedwhereupon the individual is still able to survive. Examples of non-vitalorgans are ovary, breast, and prostate.

For example, Herceptin® is an FDA approved pharmaceutical that has asits active ingredient an antibody which is immunoreactive with theprotein variously known as HER2, HER2/neu, and erb-b-2. It is marketedby Genentech and has been a commercially successful antitumor agent.Herceptin safes reached almost $400 million in 2002. Herceptin is atreatment for HER2 positive metastatic breast cancer. However, theexpression of HER2 is not limited to such tumors. The same protein isexpressed in a number of normal tissues. In particular, it is known thatHER2neu is present in normal kidney and heart, thus these tissues arepresent in all human recipients of Herceptin. The presence of HER2/neuin normal kidney is also confirmed by Latif, Z., et al., B. J. U.International (2002) 89:5-9. As shown in this article (which evaluatedwhether renal cell carcinoma should be a preferred indication foranti-HER2 antibodies such as Herceptin) both protein and mRNA areproduced in benign renal tissues, Notably, HER2/neu protein was stronglyoverexpressed in benign renal tissue. Despite the fact thai HER2/neu isexpressed in such vital tissues as heart and kidney, Herceptin is a veryuseful, FDA approved, and commercially successful drug. The effect ofHerceptin on cardiac tissue, i.e., “cardiotoxicity,” has merely been aside effect to treatment. When patients were treated with Herceptinalone, significant cardiotoxicity occurred in a very low percentage ofpatients.

Of particular note, although kidney tissue is indicated to exhibitnormal expression, possibly even higher expression than cardiac tissue,kidney has no appreciable Herceptin side effect whatsoever, Moreover, ofthe diverse array of normal tissues in which HER2 is expressed, there isvery little occurrence of any side effect. Only cardiac tissue hasmanifested any appreciable side effect at all. A tissue such as kidney,where HER2/neu expression is especially notable, has not been the basisfor any side effect,

Furthermore, favorable therapeutic effects have been found for antitumortherapies that target epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), EGFR isalso expressed in numerous normal tissues. There have been very limitedside effects in normal tissues following use of anti-EGFR therapeutics.

Thus, expression of a target protein in normal tissue, even vital normaltissue, does not defeat the utility of a targeting agent for the proteinas a therapeutic for certain tumors in which the protein is alsooverexpressed.

Accordingly, therapeutic approaches that inhibit the activity of a202P5A5 protein are useful for patients suffering from a cancer thatexpresses 202P5A5. These therapeutic approaches generally fall into twoclasses. One class comprises various methods for inhibiting the bindingor association of a 202P5A5 protein with its binding partner or withother proteins.

Another class comprises a variety of methods for inhibiting thetranscription of a 202P5A5 gene or translation of 202P5A5 mRNA.

X.A.) Anti-Cancer Vaccines

The invention provides cancer vaccines comprising a 202P5A5-relatedprotein or 202P5A5-related nucleic acid. In view of the expression of202P5A5, cancer vaccines prevent and/or treat 202P5A5-expressing cancerswith minimal or no effects on non-target tissues. The use of a tumorantigen in a vaccine that generates humoral and/or cell-mediated immuneresponses as anti-cancer therapy is well known in the art and has beenemployed in prostate cancer using human PSMA and rodent PAP immunogens(Hodge et al., 1995, Int. J. Cancer63:231-237; Fong et al., 1997, J.Immunol. 159:3113-3117).

Such methods can be readily practiced by employing a 202P5A5-relatedprotein, or a 202P5A5-encoding nucleic acid molecule and recombinantvectors capable of expressing and presenting the 202P5A5 immunogen(which typically comprises a number of antibody or T cell epitopes).Skilled artisans understand that a wide variety of vaccine systems fordelivery of immunoreactive epitopes are known in the art (see, e.g.,Heryln et al., Ann Med 1999 Feb. 31(1):68-73; Maruyama et al., CancerImmunol Immunother 2000 Jun 49(3):123-32). Briefly, such methods ofgenerating an immune response (e.g. humoral and/or cell-mediated) in amammal, comprise the steps of: exposing the mammal's immune system to animmunoreactive epitope (e.g. an epitope present in a 202P5A5 proteinshown in FIG. 3 or analog or homolog thereof) so that the mammalgenerates an immune response that is specific for that epitope (e.g.generates antibodies that specifically recognize that epitope). In apreferred method, a 202P5A5 immunogen contains a biological motif, seee.g., Tables VIII-XXI and XXII-XLIX, or a peptide of a size range from202P5A5 indicated in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and FIG. 9.

The entire 202P5A5 protein, immunogenic regions or epitopes thereof canbe combined and delivered by various means. Such vaccine compositionscan include, for example, lipopeptides (e.g., Vitielo, A. et al., J.Clin. Invest. 95:341, 1995), peptide compositions encapsulated inpoly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) (“PLG”) microspheres (see, e.g., Eldridge,et al., Molec. Immunol. 28:287-294, 1991: Alonso et al., Vaccine12:299-308, 1994; Jones et al., Vaccine 13:675-681, 1995), peptidecompositions contained in immune stimulating complexes (ISCOMS) (see,e.g., Takahashi et al., Nature 344:873-875, 1990: Hu et al., Clin ExpImmunol. 113:235-243, 1998), multiple antigen peptide systems (MAPs)(see e.g., Tam, J. P., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 85:5409-5413, 1988;Tam, J. P., J. Immunol. Methods 196:17-32, 1993), peptides formulated asmultivalent peptides; peptides for use in ballistic delivery systems,typically crystallized peptides, viral delivery vectors (Perkus, M. E.et al., In: Concepts in vaccine development, Kaufmann, S. H. E., ed. p.379, 1996; Chakrabarti S. et al., Nature 320:535, 1988; Hu, S. L, etal., Nature320:537, 1986; Kieny, M.-P. et al., AIDS Bio/Technology4:790, 1986; Top, F. H. et al., J. Infect. Dis. 124:148, 1971; Chanda,P. K. et al., Virology 175:35, 1990), particles of viral or syntheticorigin (e.g., Kofler, N. et al., J. Immunol. Methods. 192:25, 1996;Eldridge, J. H. et al., Sem. Hematol. 30:16, 1993; Falo, L. D., Jr. etal., Nature Med. 7:649, 1995), adjuvants (Warren, H. S., Vogel, F. R.,and Chedid, L. A. Annu. Rev. Immunol. 4:369, 1986; Gupta, R. K. et al.,Vaccine 11:293, 1993), liposomes (Reddy, R. et al., J. Immunol.148:1585, 1992; Rock, K. L., Immunol. Today 17:131, 1996), or, naked orparticle absorbed cDNA (Ulmer, J. B. et al. Science 259:1745, 1993;Robinson, H. L., Hunt, L. A., and Webster, R. G., Vaccine 11:957, 1993;Shiver, J. W. et al., In: Concepts in vaccine development, Kaufmann, S.H. E., p. 423, 1996; Cease, K. B., and Berzofsky, J. A.: Annu. Rev.Immunol. 12:923, 1994 and Eldridge, J. H. et al., Sem. Hematol. 30:16,1993). Toxin-targeted delivery technologies, also known as receptormediated targeting, such as those of Avant Immunotherapeutics, Inc.(Needham, Mass.) may also be used.

In patients with 202P5A5-associated cancer, the vaccine compositions ofthe invention can also be used in conjunction with other treatments usedfor cancer, e.g., surgery, chemotherapy, drug therapies, radiationtherapies, etc. including use in combination with immune adjuvants suchas IL-2, IL-12, GM-CSF, and the like.

Cellular Vaccines:

CTL epitopes can be determined using specific algorithms to identifypeptides within 202P5A5 protein that bind corresponding HLA alleles (seee.g., Table IV; Epimer™ and Epimatrix™, Brown University (URLbrown.edu/Research/TB-HIV_Lab/epimatrix/epimatrix.html.); and, BIMAS,(URL bimas.dcrt.nih.gov/; SYFPEITHI at URLsyfpeithi.bmi-heidelberg.com/). In a preferred embodiment, a 202A5A5immunogen contains one or more amino acid sequences identified usingtechniques well known in the art, such as the sequences shown in TablesVIII-XXI and XXII-XLIX or a peptide of 8,9,10 or 11 amino acidsspecified by an HLA Class I motif/supermotif (e.g., Table IV (A), TableIV (D), or Table IV (E)) and/or a peptide of at least 9 amino acids thatcomprises an HLA Class II motif/supermotif (e.g., Table IV (B) or TableIV (C)). As is appreciated in the art, the HLA Class I binding groove isessentially closed ended so that peptides of only a particular sizerange can fit into the groove and be bound, generally HLA Class Iepitopes are 3, 9,10, or 11 amino acids long. In contrast, the HLA ClassII binding groove is essentially open ended; therefore a peptide ofabout 9 or more amino acids can be bound by an HLA Class II molecule.Due to the binding groove differences between HLA Class I and II, HLAClass I motifs are length specific, i.e., position two of a Class Imotif is the second amino acid in an amino to carboxyl direction of thepeptide. The amino acid positions in a Class II motif are relative onlyto each other, not the overall peptide, i.e., additional amino acids canbe attached to the amino and/or carboxyl termini of a motif-bearingsequence. HLA Class II epitopes are often 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, or 25 amino acids long, or longer than25 amino acids.

Antibody-based Vaccines

A wide variety of methods for generating an immune response in a mammalare known in the art (for example as the first step in the generation ofhybridomas). Methods of generating an immune response in a mammalcomprise exposing the mammal's immune system to an immunogenic epitopeon a protein (e.g. 202P5A5 protein) so that an immune response isgenerated. A typical embodiment consists of a method for generating animmune response to 202P5A5 in a host, by contacting the host with asufficient amount of at least one 202A5A5 B cell or cytotoxic T-cellepitope or analog thereof; and at least one periodic interval thereafterre-contacting the host with the 202P5A5 B cell or cytotoxic T-cellepitope or analog thereof. A specific embodiment consists of a method ofgenerating a immune response against a 202P5A5-related protein or aman-made multiepitopic peptide comprising: administering 202P5A5immunogen (e.g. a 202P5A5 protein or a peptide fragment thereof, a202P5A5 fushion protein or an analog etc.) in a vaccine preparation to ahuman or another mammal. Typically, such vaccine preparations furthercontain a suitable adjuvant (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 6,146,635) or auniversal helper epitope such as a PADRE^(−M) peptide (Eppimmune Inc.,San Diego, Calif.; see, e.g., Alexander et al., J. Immunol. 2000 164(3):164(3): 1625-1633; Alexander et al. Immunity 1994(9): 751-761 andAlexander et. al., Immunol. Res. 1998 18(2): 79-92). An alternativemethod comprises generating an immune response in an individual againsta 202P5A5 immunogen by: administering in vivo to muscle or skin of theindividual's body a DNA molecule that comprises a DNA sequence thatencodes a 202P5A5 immunogen, the DNA sequence operatively linked toregulatory sequences which control the expression of the DNA sequence;wherein the DNA molecule is taken up by cells, the DNA sequence isexpressed in the cells and an immune response is generated against theimmunogen (see. e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,962,428). Optionally a geneticvaccine facilitator such as anionic lipids; saponins; lectins:estrogenic compounds: hydroxylated lower alkyls; dimethyl sulfoxide; andurea is also administered. In addition, an antiidiotypic antibody can beadministered that mimics 202P5A5, in order to generate a response to thetarget antigen,

Nucleic Acid Vaccines:

Vaccine compositions of the invention include nucleic acid-mediatedmodalities. DNA or RNA that encode protein(s) of the invention can beadministered to a patient. Genetic immunization methods can be employedto generate prophylactic or therapeutic humoral and cellular immuneresponses directed against cancer cells expressing 202P5A5. Constructscomprising DNA encoding a 202P5A5-related protein/immunogen andappropriate regulatory sequences can be injected directly into muscle orskin of an individual, such that the cells of the muscle or skin take-upthe construct and express the encoded 202P5A5 protein/immunogen.Alternatively, a vaccine comprises a 202P5A5-related protein. Expressionof the 202P5A5-related protein immunogen results in the generation ofprophylactic or therapeutic humoral and cellular immunity against cellsthat bear a 202P5A5 protein. Various prophylactic and therapeuticgenetic immunization techniques known in the art can be used (forreview, see information and references published at Internet addressgenweb.com). Nucleic acid-based delivery is described, for instance, inWolff et. al., Science 247:1465 (1990) as well as U.S. Pat. Nos.5,580,859; 5,589,466; 5,804,566; 5,739,118; 5,736,524; 5,679,647; WO98/04720. Examples of DNA-based delivery technologies include “nakedDNA”, facilitated (bupivicaine, polymers, peptide-mediated) delivery,cationic lipid complexes, and particle-mediated (“gene gun”) orpressure-mediated delivery (see, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,922,687).

For therapeutic or prophylactic immunization purposes, proteins of theinvention can be expressed via viral or bacterial vectors. Various viralgene delivery systems that can be used in the practice of the inventioninclude, but are not limited to, vaccinia, fowlpox, canarypox,adenovirus, influenza, poliovirus, adeno-associated virus, lentivirus,and sindbis virus (see, e.g., Restifo, 1996, Curr. Opin. Immunol.8:358-663; Tsang et. al., J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 87:982-990 (1995)).Non-viral delivery systems can also be employed by introducing naked DNAencoding a 202P5A5-related protein into the patient (e.g.,intramuscularly or intradermally) to induce an anti-tumor response.

Vaccinia virus is used, for example, as a vector to express nucleotidesequences that encode the peptides of the invention. Upon introductioninto a host, the recombinant vaccinia virus expresses the proteinimmunogenic peptide, and thereby elicits a host immune response.Vaccinia vectors and methods useful in immunization protocols aredescribed in, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,722,848. Another vector is BCG(Bacille Calmette Guerin). BCG vectors are described in Stover et at.,Nature 351:458-460 (1991). A wide variety of other vectors useful fortherapeutic administration or immunization of the peptides of theinvention, e.g. adeno and adeno-associated virus vectors, retroviralvectors, Salmonella typini vectors, detoxified anthrax toxin vectors,and the like, will be apparent to those skilled in the art from thedescription herein.

Thus, gene delivery systems are used to deliver a 202P5A5-relatednucleic acid molecule. In one embodiment, the full-length human 202P5A5cDNA is employed. In another embodiment, 202P5A5 nucleic acid moleculesencoding specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and/or antibody epitopesare employed.

Ex Vivo Vaccines

Various ex vivo strategies can also be employed to generate an immuneresponse. One approach involves the use of antigen presenting cells(APCs) such as dendritic cells (DC) to present 202P5A5 antigen to apatient'immune system. Dendritic cells express MHC class I and IImolecules, B7 co-stimulator, and IL-12, and are thus highly specializedantigen presenting cells. In prostate cancer, autologous dendritic ceilspulsed with peptides of the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)are being used in a Phase I clinical trial to stimulate prostate cancerpatients' immune systems (Tjoa et. al., 1996, Prostate 26:65-69; Murphyet. al., 1996, Prostate 29:371-380). Thus, dendritic cells can be usedto present 202P5A5 peptides to T cells in the context of MHC class I orII molecules. In one embodiment, autologous dendritic cells are pulsedwith 202P5A5 peptides capable of binding to MHC class I and/or class IImolecules. In another embodiment, dendritic cells are pulsed with thecomplete 202P5A5 protein. Yet another embodiment involves engineeringthe overexpression of a 202P5A5 gene in dendritic cells using variousimplementing vectors know in the art, such as adenovirus (Arthur et al.,1997, Cancer Gene Ther. 4:17-25), retrovirus (Henderson et al., 1996,Cancer Res. 56:3763-3770), lentivirus, adeno-associated virus, DNAtransfection (Ribas et al., 1997, Cancer Res. 57:2665-2869), ortumor-derived RNA transfection (Ashley et al., 1997, J. Exp. Med.186:1177-1182). Cells that express 202P5A5 can also be engineered toexpress immune modulators, such as GM-CSF, and used as immunizingagents.

X.B.)202P5A5 as a Target for Antibody-based Therapy

202P5A5 is an attractive target for antibody-based therapeuticstrategies. A number of antibody strategies are known in the art fortargeting both extracellular and intracellular molecules (see, e.g.,complement and ADCC mediated killing as well as the use of intrabodies).Because 202P5A5 is expressed by cancer cells of various lineagesrelative to corresponding normal cells, systemic administration of202P5A5-immunoreactive compositions are prepared that exhibit excellentsensitivity without toxic, non-specific and/or non-target effects causedby binding of the immunoreactive composition to non-target organs andtissues. Antibodies specifically reactive with domains of 202P5A5 areuseful to treat 202P5A5-expressing cancers systemically, either asconjugates with a toxin or therapeutic agent, or as naked antibodiescapable of inhibiting cell proliferation or function.

202P5A5 antibodies can be introduced into a patient such that theantibody binds to 202P5A5 and modulates a function, such as aninteraction with a binding partner, and consequently mediatesdestruction of the tumor cells and/or inhibits the growth of the tumorcells. Mechanisms by which such antibodies exert a therapeutic effectcan include complement-mediated cytolysis, antibody-dependent cellularcytotoxicity, modulation of the physiological function of 202P5A5,inhibition of ligand binding or signal transduction pathways, modulationof tumor cell differentiation, alteration of turn or angiogenesis factorprofiles, and/or apoptosis.

Those skilled in the art understand that antibodies can be used tospecifically target and bind immunogenic molecules such as animmunogenic region of a 202P5A5 sequence shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 3. Inaddition, skilled artisans understand that it is routine to conjugateantibodies to cytotoxic agents (see, e.g., Slevers, et al. Blood 93:113678-3684 (June 1, 1999)). When cytotoxic and/or therapeutic agents aredelivered directly to cells, such as by conjugating them to antibodiesspecific for a molecule expressed by that cell (e.g. 202P5A5), thecytotoxic agent will exert its known biological effect (i.e.cytotoxicity) on those cells.

A wide variety of compositions and methods for using antibody-cytotoxicagent conjugates to kill cells are known in the art. In the context ofcancers, typical methods entail administering to an animal having atumor a biologically effective amount of a conjugate comprising aselected cytotoxic and/or therapeutic agent linked to a targeting agent(e.g. an anti-202P5A5 antibody) that binds to a market (e.g. 202P5A5)expressed, accessible to binding or localized on the cell surfaces. Atypical embodiment is a method of delivering a cytotoxic and/ortherapeutic agent to a cell expressing 202P5A5, comprising conjugatingthe cytotoxic agent to an antibody that immunospecifically binds to a202P5A5 epitope, and, exposing the cell to the antibody-agent conjugate.Another illustrative embodiment is a method of treating an individualsuspected of suffering from metastasized cancer, comprising a step ofadministering parenterally to said individual a pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an antibodyconjugated to a cytotoxic and/or therapeutic agent.

Cancer immunotherapy using anti-202P5A5 antibodies can be done inaccordance with various approaches that have been successfully employedin the treatment of other types of cancer, including but not limited tocolon cancer (Arlen et at. 1998, Crit. Rev. Immunol. 18:133-138),multiple myeloma (Ozaki et al., 1997, Blood 90:3179-3186, Tsunenari etal., 1997, Blood 90:2437-2444), gastric cancer (Kasprzyk et al., 1992,Cancer Res. 52:2771-2776), B-cell lymphoma (Funakosh) et al., 1996, J.Immunother. Emphasis Tumor Immunol. 19:93-101), leukemia (Zhong et al.,1996, Leuk. Res. 20:581-539), colorectal cancer (Moun et al., 1994,Cancer Res. 54:6160-6166; Velders et. al., 1995, Cancer Res.55:4398-4403), and breast cancer (Shepard et al. 1991, J. Clin. Immunol.11:117-127), Some therapeutic approaches involve conjugation of nakedantibody to a toxin or radioisotope, such as the conjugation of Y⁹¹ orI¹³¹ to anti-CD20 antibodies (e.g., Zevalin™, IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp,or Bexxar™, Coulter Pharmaceuticals), while others involveco-administration of antibodies and other therapeutic agents, such asHerceptin™ (trastuzumab) with paciltaxel (Genentech, Inc.). Theantibodies can be conjugated to a therapeutic agent. To treat prostatecancer, for example, 202P5A5 antibodies can be administered inconjunction with radiation, chemotherapy or hormone ablation. Also,antibodies can be conjugated to a toxin such as calicheamicin (e.g.,Mylotarg™, Wyeth-Ayerst, Madison, N.J., a recombinant humanized igG₄kappa antibody conjugated to antitumor antibiotic calicheamicin) or amaytansinoid (e.g., taxane-based Tumor-Activated Prodrug, TAP, platform,ImmunoGen, Cambridge, Mass., also see e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 5,416,064).

Although 202P5A5 antibody therapy is useful for all stages of cancer,antibody therapy can be particularly appropriate in advanced ormetastatic cancers. Treatment with the antibody therapy of the inventionis indicated for patients who have received one or more rounds ofchemotherapy. Alternatively, antibody therapy of the invention iscombined with a chemotherapeutic or radiation regimen for patients whohave not received chemotherapeutic treatment. Additionally, antibodytherapy can enable the use of reduced dosages of concomitantchemotherapy, particularly for patients who do not tolerate the toxicityof the chemotherapeutic agent very well. Fan et al. (Cancer Res.53:4637-4642, 1993), Prewett et al. (International J. of Onco.9:217-224, 1996), and Hancock et al. (Cancer Res. 51:4575-4580, 1991)describe the use of various antibodies together with chemotherapeuticagents. Although 202P5A5 antibody therapy is useful for all stages ofcancer, antibody therapy can be particularly appropriate in advanced ormetastatic cancers. Treatment with the antibody therapy of the inventionis indicated for patients who have received one or more rounds ofchemotherapy. Alternatively, antibody therapy of the invention iscombined with a chemotherapeutic or radiation regimen for patients whohave not received chemotherapeutic treatment. Additionally, antibodytherapy can enable the use of reduced dosages of concomitantchemotherapy, particularly for patients who do not tolerate the toxicityof the chemotherapeutic agent very well.

Cancer patients can be evaluated for the presence and level of 202A5A5expression, preferably using immunohistochemical assessments of tumortissue, quantitative 202P5A5 imaging, or other techniques that reliablyindicate the presence and degree of 202A5A5 expression.Immunohistochemical analysis of tumor biopsies or surgical specimens ispreferred for this purpose. Methods for immunohistochemical analysis oftumor tissues are well known in the art,

Anti-202P5A5 monoclonal antibodies that treat prostate and other cancersinclude those that initiate a potent immune response against the tumoror those that are directly cytotoxic, in this regard, anti-202A5A5monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can elicit tumor cell lysis by eithercomplement-mediated or antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC)mechanisms, both of which require an intact Fc portion of theimmunoglobulin molecule for interaction with effector cell Fc receptorsites on complement proteins. In addition, anti-202P5A5 mAbs that exerta direct biological effect on tumor growth are useful to treat cancersthat express 202P5A5. Mechanisms by which directly cytotoxic mAbs actinclude: inhibition of cell growth, modulation of cellulardifferentiation, modulation of tumor angiogenesis factor profiles, andthe induction of apoptosis. The mechanism (s) by which a particularanti-202P5A5 mAb exerts an anti-tumor effect is evaluated using anynumber of in vitro assays that evaluate celt death such as ADCC, ADMMC,complement-mediated cell lysis, and so forth, as is generally known inthe art.

In some patients, the use of murine or other n on-human monoclonalantibodies, or human/mouse chimeric mAbs can induce moderate to strongimmune responses against the non-human antibody. This can result inclearance of the antibody from circulation and reduced efficacy. In themost severe cases, such an immune response can lead to the extensiveformation of immune complexes which, potentially, can cause renalfailure. Accordingly, preferred monoclonal antibodies used in thetherapeutic methods of the invention are those that are either fullyhuman or humanized and that bind specifically to the target 202P5A5antigen with high affinity but exhibit low or no antigenicity in thepatient.

Therapeutic methods of the invention contemplate the administration ofsingle anti-202A5A5 mAbs as well as combinations, or cocktails, ofdifferent mAbs. Such mAb cocktails can have certain advantages inasmuchas they contain mAbs that target different epitopes, exploit differenteffector mechanisms or combine directly cytotoxic mAbs with mAbs thatrely on immune effector functionality. Such mAbs in combination canexhibit synergistic therapeutic effects, tn addition, anti-202P5A5 mAbscan be administered concomitantly with other therapeutic modalities,including but not limited to various chemotherapeutic agents,androgen-blockers, immune modulators (e.g., IL-2, GM-CSF), surgery orradiation. The anti-202P5A5 mAbs are administered in their “naked” orunconjugated form, or can have a therapeutic agent(s) conjugated tothem.

Anti-202A5A5 antibody formulations are administered via any routecapable of delivering the antibodies to a tumor cell. Routes ofadministration include, but are not limited to, intravenous,intraperitoneal, intramuscular, intratumor, intradermal, and the like.Treatment generally involves repeated administration of the anti-202P5A5antibody preparation, via an acceptable route of administration such asintravenous injection (IV), typically at a dose in the range of about 0,1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 15, 20, or 25 mg/kg body weight. In general, doses in the range of10-1000 mg mAb per week are effective and wall tolerated.

Based on clinical experience with the Herceptin™ mAb in the treatment ofmetastatic breast cancer, an initial loading dose of approximately 4mg/kg patient body weight IV. followed by weekly doses of about 2 mg/kgIV of the anti-202P5A5 mAb preparation represents an acceptable dosingregimen. Preferably, the initial loading dose is administered as a90-minute or longer infusion. The periodic maintenance dose isadministered as a 30 minute or longer infusion, provided the initialdose was well tolerated. As appreciated by those of skill in the art,various factors can influence the ideal dose regimen in a particularcase. Such factors include, for example, the binding affinity and halflife of the Ab or mAbs used, the degree of 202P5A5 expression in thepatient, the extent of circulating shed 202P5A5 antigen, the desiredsteady-state antibody concentration level, frequency of treatment, andthe influence of chemotherapeutic or other agents used in combinationwith the treatment method of the invention, as well as the health statusof a particular patient.

Optionally, patients should be evaluated for the levels of 202A5A5 in agiven sample (e.g. the levels of circulating 202P5A5 antigen and/or202P5A5 expressing cells) in order to assist in the determination of themost effective dosing regimen, etc. Such evaluations are also used formonitoring purposes throughout therapy, and are useful to gaugetherapeutic success in combination with the evaluation of otherparameters (for example, urine cytology and/or ImmunoCyt levels inbladder cancer therapy, or by analogy, serum PSA levels in prostatecancer therapy).

Anti-idiotypic anti-202P5A5 antibodies can also be used in anti-cancertherapy as a vaccine for inducing an immune response to cells expressinga 202A5A5-related protein. In particular, the generation ofanti-idiotypic antibodies is well known in the art, this methodology canreadily be adapted to generate anti-idiotypic anti-202P5A5 antibodiesthat mimic an epitope on a 202P5A5 related protein (see, for example,Wagner et al., 1997, Hybridoma 16: 33-40; Foon et al., 1995, J. Clin.Invest. 96:334-342; Herlyn et al., 1996, Cancer Immunol. Immunother.43:65-76). Such an anti-idiotypic antibody an be used in cancer vaccinestrategies.

X.C.) 202A5A5 as a Target for Cellular Immune Responses

Vaccines and methods of preparing vaccines that contain animmunogenically effective amount of one or more HLA-binding peptides asdescribed herein are further embodiments of the invention, Furthermore,vaccines in accordance with the invention encompass compositions of oneor more of the claimed peptides. A peptide can be present in a vaccineindividually. Alternatively, the peptide can exist as a homopolymercomprising multiple copies of the same peptide, or as a heteropolymer ofvarious peptides. Polymers have the advantage of increased immunologicalreaction and, where different peptide epitopes are used to make up thepolymer, the additional ability to induce antibodies and/or CTLs thaireact with different antigenic determinants of the pathogenic organismor tumor-related peptide targeted for an immune response. Thecomposition can be a naturally occurring region of an antigen or can beprepared, e.g., recombinants or by chemical synthesis.

Carriers that can be used with vaccines of the invention are well knownin the art, and include, e.g., thyroglobulin, albumins such as humanserum albumin, tetanus toxoid, polyamino acids such as poly L-lysine,poly L-glutamic acid, influenza, hepatitis B virus core protein, and thelike. The vaccines can contain a physiologically tolerable (i.e.,acceptable) diluent such as water, or saline, preferably phosphatebuffered saline. The vaccines also typically include an adjuvant.Adjuvants such as incomplete Freund's adjuvant, aluminum phosphate,aluminum hydroxide, or alum are examples of materials well known in theart. Additionally, as disclosed herein, CTL responses can be primed byconjugating peptides of the invention to lipids, such astripalmitoyl-S-glycerylcysteinlyseryl-serine (P₃CSS). Moreover, anadjuvant such as a syntheticcytosine-phosphonothiolated-guanine-containing (CpG) oligonucleotideshas been found to increase CTL responses 10- to 100-fold, (see, e.g.Davila and Cells, J. Immunol. 165:539-547 (2000))

Upon immunization with a peptide composition in accordance with theinvention, via injection, aerosol, oral, transdermal, transmucosal,intrapleural, intrathecal, or other suitable routes, the immune systemof the host responds to the vaccine by producing large amounts of CTLsand/or HTLs specific for the desired antigen, Consequently, the hostbecomes at least partially immune to later development of cells thatexpress or overexpress 202P5A5 antigen, or derives at least sometherapeutic benefit when the antigen was tumor-associated.

In some embodiments, it may be desirable to combine the class i peptidecomponents with components that induce or facilitate neutralizingantibody and or helper T cell responses directed to the target antigen.A preferred embodiment of such a composition comprises class I and classII epitopes in accordance with the invention. An alternative embodimentof such a composition comprises a class I and/or class II epitope inaccordance with the invention, along with a cross reactive HTL epitopesuch as PADRE™ (Epimmune, San Diego, Calif.) molecule (described e.g.,in U.S. Pat. No. 5,736,142).

A vaccine of the invention can also include antigen-presentingcells-(APC), such as dendritic cells (DC), as a vehicle to presentpeptides of the invention. Vaccine compositions can be created in vitro,following dendritic cell mobilization and harvesting, whereby loading ofdendritic cells occurs in vitro. For example, dendritic cells aretransfected, e.g., with a minigene in accordance with the invention, orare pulsed with peptides. The dendritic cell can then be administered toa patient to elicit immune responses in vivo. Vaccine compositions,either DNA- or peptide-based, can also be administered in vivo incombination with dendritic cell mobilization whereby loading ofdendritic cells occurs in vivo.

Preferably, the following principles are utilized when selecting anarray of epitopes for inclusion in a polyepitopic composition for use ina vaccine, or for selecting discrete epitopes to be included in avaccine and/or to be encoded by nucleic acids such as a minigene. It ispreferred that each of the following principles be balanced in order tomake the selection. The multiple epitopes to be incorporated in a givenvaccine composition may be, but need not be, contiguous in sequence inthe native antigen from which the epitopes are derived.

1.) Epitopes are selected which, upon administration, mimic immuneresponses that have been observed to be correlated with tumor clearance.For HLA Class I this includes 3-4 epitopes that come from at least onetumor associated antigen (TAA), For HLA Class II a similar rationale isemployed; again 3-4 epitopes are selected from at least one TAA (see,e.g., Rosenberg et al., Science 278:1447-1450). Epitopes from one TAAmay be used in combination with epitopes from one or more additionalTAAs to produce a vaccine that targets tumors with varying expressionpatterns of frequently-expressed TAAs.

2.) Epitopes are selected that have the requisite binding affinityestablished to be correlated with immunogenicity: for HLA Class I anIC₅₀ of 500 Nm or less, often 200 nM or less; and for Class II an IC₅₀of 1000 or less.

3.) Sufficient supermotif bearing-peptides, or a sufficient array ofallele-specific motif-bearing peptides, are selected to give broadpopulation coverage. For example, it is preferable to have at least 80%population coverage. A Monte Carlo analysis, a statistical evaluationknown in the art, can be employed to assess the breadth, or redundancyof, population coverage.

4.) When selecting epitopes from cancer-related antigens it is oftenuseful to select analogs because the patient may have developedtolerance to the native epitope.

5.) Of particular relevance are epitopes referred to as “nestedepitopes.” Nested epitopes occur where at least two epitopes overlap ina given peptide sequence. A nested peptide sequence can comprise B cell,HLA class I and/or HLA class II epitopes. When providing nestedepitopes, a general objective is to provide the greatest number ofepitopes per sequence. Thus, an aspect is to avoid providing a peptidethat is any longer than the amino terminus of the amino terminal epitopeand the carboxyl terminus of the carboxyl terminal epitope in thepeptide. When providing a multi-epitopic sequence, such as a sequencecomprising nested epitopes, it is generally important to screen thesequence in order to insure that is does not have pathological or otherdeleterious biological properties.

6.) If a polyepitopic protein is created, or when creating a minigene,an objective is to generate the smallest peptide that encompasses theepitopes of interest. This principle is similar, if not the same as thatemployed when selecting a peptide comprising nested epitopes However,with an artificial polyepitopic peptide, the size minimization objectiveis balanced against the need to integrate any spacer sequences betweenepitopes in the polyepitopic protein. Spacer amino acid residues can,for example, be introduced to avoid junctional epitopes (an epitoperecognized by the immune system, not present in the target antigen, andonly created by the man-made juxtaposition of epitopes), or tofacilitate cleavage between epitopes and thereby enhance epitopepresentation. Junctional epitopes are generally to be avoided becausethe recipient “dominant epitope.” A dominant epitope may lead to such azealous response that immune responses to other epitopes are diminishedor suppressed.

7.) Where the sequences of multiple variants of the same target proteinare present, potential peptide epitopes can also be selected on thebasis of their conservancy. For example, a criterion for conservancy maydefine that the entire sequence of an HLA class I binding peptide or theentire 9-mer core of a class II binding peptide be conserved in adesignated percentage of the sequences evaluated for a specific proteinantigen.

-   -   X.C.1 Minigene Vaccines

A number of different approaches are available which allow simultaneousdelivery of multiple epitopes. Nucleic acids encoding the peptides ofthe invention are a particularly useful embodiment of the invention.Epitopes for inclusion in a minigene are preferably selected accordingto the guidelines set forth in the previous section. A preferred meansof administering nucleic acids encoding the peptides of the inventionuses minigene constructs encoding a peptide comprising one or multipleepitopes of the invention.

The use of multi-epitope minigenes is described below and in, Ishioka etal., J. Immunol. 152:3915-3925,1999; An, L. and Whitton, J. L, J. Virol.71:2292, 1997; Thomson, S. A. et. al., J. Immunol. 157:822, 1996;Whitton, J. L. et al., J. Virol. 67:348, 1993; Hanke, R. et al., Vaccine16:426, 1998. For example, a multi-epitope DNA plasmid encodingsupermotif—and/or motif-bearing epitopes derived 202P5A5, the PADRE®universal helper T cell epitope or multiple HTL epitopes from 202P5A5(see e.g., Tables VIII-XXI and XXII to XLIX), and an endoplasmicreticulum-translocating signal sequence can be engineered. A vaccine mayalso comprise epitopes that are derived from other TAAs.

The immunogenicity of a multi-epitopic minigene can be confirmed intransgenic mice to evaluate the magnitude of CTL induction responsesagainst the epitopes tested. Further, the immunogenicity of DNA-encodedepitopes fn vivo can be correlated with the in vitro responses ofspecific CTL lines against target cells transfected with the DNAplasmid. Thus, these experiments can show that the minigene serves toboth: 1.) generate a CTL response and 2.) that the induced CTLsrecognized cells expressing the encoded epitopes.

For example, to create a DNA sequence encoding the selected epitopes(minigene) for expression in human cells, the amino acid sequences ofthe epitopes may be reverse translated. A human codon usage table can beused to guide the codon choice for each amino acid. Theseepitope-encoding DNA sequences may be directly adjoined, so that whentranslated, a continuous polypeptide sequence is created. To optimizeexpression and/or immunogenicity, additional elements can beincorporated into the minigene design. Examples of amino acid sequencesthat can be reverse translated and included in the minigene sequenceinclude: HLA class I epitopes, HLA class II epitopes, antibody epitopes,a ubiquitination signal sequence, and/or an endoplasmic reticulumtargeting signal. In addition, HLA presentation of CTL and HTL epitopesmay be improved by including synthetic (e.g., poly-alanine) ornaturally-occurring flanking sequences adjacent to the CTL or HTLepitopes; these larger peptides comprising the epitope(s) are within thescope of the invention.

The minigene sequence may be converted to DNA by assemblingoligonucleotides that encode the plus and minus strands of the minigene.Overlapping oligonucleotides (30-100 bases long) may be synthesized,phosphorylated, purified and annealed under appropriate conditions usingwell known techniques. The ends of the oligonucleotides can be joined,for example, using T4 DNA ligase. This synthetic minigene, encoding theepitope polypeptide, can then be cloned into a desired expressionvector.

Standard regulatory sequences well known to those of skill in the artare preferably included in the vector to ensure expression in the targetcells. Several vector elements are desirable: a promoter with adown-stream cloning site for minigene insertion; a polyadenylationsignal for efficient transcription termination; an E. coli origin ofreplication; and an E. coli selectable marker (e.g. ampicillin orkanamycin resistance). Numerous promoters can be used for this purpose,e.g., the human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) promoter. See, e.g., U.S. Pat.Nos. 5,580,859 and 5,589,466 for other suitable promoter sequences.

Additional vector modifications may be desired to optimize minigeneexpression and immunogenicity. In some cases, introns are required forefficient gene expression, and one or more synthetic ornaturally-occurring introns could be incorporated into the transcribedregion of the minigene. The inclusion of mRNA stabilization sequencesand sequences for replication in mammalian cells may also be consideredfor increasing minigene expression.

Once an expression vector is selected, the minigene is cloned into thepolylinker region downstream of the promoter. This plasmid istransformed into an appropriate E. coli strain, and DNA is preparedusing standard techniques. The orientation and DNA sequence of theminigene, as well as all other elements included in the vector, areconfirmed using restriction mapping and DNA sequence analysis. Bacterialcells harboring the correct plasmid can be stored as a master cell bankand a working cell bank.

In addition, immunostimulatory sequences(ISSs or CpGs) appear to play arole in the immunogenicity of DNA vaccines. These sequences may beincluded ii the vector, outside the minigene coding sequence, if desiredto enhance immunogenicity.

In some embodiments, a bi-cistronic expression vector which allowsproduction of both the minigene-encoded epitopes and a second protein(included to enhance or decrease immunogenicity) can be used. Examplesof proteins or polypeptides that could beneficially enhance the immuneresponse if co-expressed include cytokines (e.g., IL-2, IL-12, GM-CSF),cytokine-inducing molecules (e.g., LeIF), costimulatory molecules, orfor HTL responses, pan-DR binding proteins (PADRE™, Epimmune, San Diego,Calif.). Helper (HTL) epitopes can be joined to intracellular targetingsignals and expressed separately from expressed CTL epitopes; thisallows direction of the HTL epitopes to a cell compartment differentthan that of the CTL epitopes. If required, this could facilitate moreefficient entry of HTL epitopes into the HLA class II pathway, therebyimproving HTL induction. In contrast to HTL or CTL induction,specifically decreasing the immune response by co-expression ofimmunosuppressive molecules (e.g. TGF-β) may be beneficial in certaindiseases.

Therapeutic quantities of plasmid DNA can be produced for example, byfermentation in E. coli followed by purification. Aiiquots from theworking cell bank are used to inoculate growth medium, and grown tosaturation in shaker flasks or a bioreactor according to well-knowntechniques. Plasmid DNA can be purified using standard bioseparationtechnologies such as solid phase anion-exchange resins supplied byQIAGEN, Inc. (Valencia, Calif.). If required, supercoiled DNA can beisolated from the open circular and linear forms using gelelectrophoresis or other methods.

Purified plasmid DNA can be prepared for injection using a variety offormulations. The simplest of these is reconstitution of lyophilized DNAin sterile phosphate-buffer saline (PBS). This approach, known as “nakedDNA,” is currently being used for intramuscular (IM) administration inclinical trials. To maximize the immunotherapeutic effects of minigeneDNA vaccines, an alternative method for formulating purified plasmid DNAmay be desirable. A variety of methods have been described, and newtechniques may become available. Cationic lipids, glycolipids, andfusogenic liposomes can also be used in the formulation (see, e.g., asdescribed by WO 93/24640; Mannino & Gould-Fogerite, Bio Techniques6(7):682 (1988); U.S. Pat. No. 5,279,833; WO 91/06309; and Feigner, et.al., Proc. Nat'l Acad. Sci. USA 84:7413 (1987). In addition, peptidesand compounds referred to collectively as protective, interactive,non-condensing compounds (PINC) could also be completed to purifiedplasmid DNA to influence variables such as stability, intramusculardispersion, or trafficking to specific organs or cell types.

Target cell sensitization can be used as a functional assay forexpression and HLA class I presentation of minigsne-encoded CTLepitopes. For example, the plasmid DNA is introduced into a mammaliancell line that is suitable as a target for standard CTL chromium releaseassays. The transfection method used will be dependent on the finalformulation. Electroporation can be used for “naked” DNA, whereascationic lipids allow direct in vitro transfection. A plasmid expressinggreen fluorescent protein (GFP) can be co-transfected to allowenrichment of transfected cells using fluorescence activated cellsorting (FACS). These cells are then chromium-51 (⁵¹Cr) labeled and usedas target cells for epitope-specific CTL lines, cytolysis, detected by⁵¹Cr release, indicated both production of, and HLA presentation of,minigene-encoded CTL epitopes. Expression of HTL epitopes may beevaluated in an analogous manner using assays to assess HTL activity.

In vivo immunogenicity is a second approach for functional testing ofminigene DNA formulations. Transgenic mice expressing appropriate humanHLA proteins are immunized with the DNA product. The dose and route ofadministration are formulation dependent (e.g., IM for DNA in PBS,intraperitoneal (i.p.) for lipid-complexed DNA). Twenty-one days afterimmunization, splenocytes are harvested and restimulated for one week inthe presence of peptides encoding each epitope being tested. Thereafter,for CTL effector cells, assays are conducted for cytolysis ofpeptide-loaded, ⁵¹Cr-labeled target cells using standard techniques.Lysis of target cells that were sensitized by HLA loaded with peptideepitopes, corresponding to mini gene-encoded epitopes, demonstrates DNAvaccine function for in vivo induction of CTLs. Immunogenicity of HTLepitopes is confirmed in transgenic mice in an analogous manner.

Alternatively, the nucleic acids can be administered using ballisticdelivery as described, for instance, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,204,253. Usingtills technique, particles comprised solely of DNA are administered, ina further alternative embodiment, DNA can be adhered to particles, suchas gold particles.

Minigenes can also be delivered using other bacterial or viral deliverysystems well known in the art, e.g., an expression construct encodingepitopes of the invention can be incorporated into a viral vector suchas vaccinia.

-   -   X.C.2. Combinations of CTL Peptides with Helper Peptides

Vaccine compositions comprising CTL peptides of the invention can bemodified, e.g., analoged, to provide desired attributes, such asimproved serum half life, broadened population coverage or enhancedimmunogenicity.

For instance, the ability of a peptide to induce CTL activity can beenhanced by linking the peptide to a sequence which contains at leastone epitope that is capable of inducing a T helper cell response.Although a CTL peptide can be directly linked to a T helper peptide,often CTL epitope/HTL epitope conjugates are linked by a spacermolecule. The spacer is typically comprised of relatively small, neutralmolecules, such as amino acids or amino acid mimetics, which aresubstantially uncharged under physiological conditions. The spacers aretypically selected from, e.g., Ala, Gly, or other neutral spacers ofnonpolar amino acids or neutral polar amino acids. It will be understoodthat the optionally present spacer need not be comprised of the sameresidues and thus may be a hetero- or homo-oligomer. When present, thespacer will usually be at least one or two residues, more usually threeto six residues and sometimes 10 or more residues. The CTL peptideepitope can be linked to the T helper peptide epitope either directly orvia a spacer either at me amino or carboxy terminus of the CTL peptide.The amino terminus of either the immunogenic peptide or the T helperpeptide may be acylated.

In certain embodiments, the T helper peptide is one that is recognizedby T helper cells present in a majority of a genetically diversepopulation. This can be accomplished by selecting peptides that bind tomany, most, or all of the HLA class ii molecules. Examples of such aminoacid bind many HLA Class II molecules include sequences from antigenssuch as tetanus toxoid at positions 830-843 (QYIKANSKFIGITE; SEQ ID NO:24), Plasmodium falciparum circumsporozoite (CS) protein at positions378-398 (DIEKKIAKMEKASSVFNVVNS; SEQ ID NO: 25): and Streptococcus 18 kDprotein at positions 116-131 (GAVDSILGGVATYGAA; SEQ ID NO: 26). Otherexamples include peptides bearing a DR 1-4-7 supermotif, or either ofthe DR3 motifs.

Alternatively, it is possible to prepare synthetic peptides capable ofstimulating T helper lymphocytes, in a loosely HLA-restricted fashion,using amino acid sequences not found in nature (see, e.g., PCTpublication WO 95/07707). These synthetic compounds calledPan-DR-binding epitopes (e.g., PADRE™, Epimmune, Inc., San Diego,Calif.)are designed, most preferably, to bind most HLA-DR (human HLAclass II) molecules. For instance, a pan-DR-binding epitope peptidehaving the formula: aKXVAAWTLKAa (SEQ ID NO: 27), where “” is eithercyclohexylalanine, phenylalanine, or tyrosine, and a is either D-alanineor L-alanine, has been found to bind to most HLA-DR alleles, and tostimulate the response of T helper lymphocytes from most individuals,regardless of their HLA type. An alternative of a pan-DR binding epitopecomprises all “L” natural amino acids and can be provided in the form ofnucleic acids that encode the epitope.

HTL peptide epitopes can also be modified to alter their biologicalproperties. For example, they can be modified to include D-amino acidsto increase their resistance to proteases and thus extend their serumhalf life, or they can be conjugated to other molecules such as lipids,proteins, carbohydrates, and the like to increase their biologicalactivity. For example, a T helper peptide can be conjugated to one ormore palmitic acid chains at either the amino or carboxyl termini.

-   -   X.C.3. Combinations of CTL Peptides with T Cell Priming Agents

In some embodiments it may be desirable to include in the pharmaceuticalcompositions of the invention at least one component which primes blymphocytes or T lymphocytes. Lipids have been identified as agentscapable of priming CTL if) vivo. For example, palmitic acid residues canbe attached to the ε-and α-amino groups of a lysine residue and thenlinked, e.g., via one or more linking residues such as Gly, Gly-Gly-,Ser, ser-Ser, or the like, to an immunogenic peptide. The lipidatedpeptide can then be administered either directly in a micelle orparticle, incorporated into a liposome, or emulsified in an adjuvant,e.g., incomplete Freund's adjuvant. In a preferred embodiment, aparticularly effective immunogenic composition comprises palmitic acidattached to ε- and α-amino groups of Lys, which is attached via linkage,e.g., Ser-Ser, to the amino terminus of the immunogenic peptide.

As another example of lipid priming of CTL responses, E. colilipoproteins, such as tripalmitoyl-S-glycerylcysteinlyseryl-serine(P₃CSS) can be used to prime virus specific CTL when covalently attachedto an appropriate peptide (see, e.g., Deres, et al., Nature 342:561,1989). Peptides of the invention can be coupled to P₃CSS, for example,and the lipopeptide administered to an individual to prime specificallyan immune response to the target antigen. Moreover, because theinduction of neutralizing antibodies can also be primed withP₃CSS-conjugated epitopes, two such compositions can be combined to moreeffectively elicit both humoral and cell-mediated responses.

-   -   X.C.4. Vaccine Compositions Comprising DC Pulsed with CTL and/or        HTL Peptides

An embodiment of a vaccine composition in accordance with the inventioncomprises ex vivo administration of a cocktail of epitope-bearingpeptides to PBMC, or isolated DC therefrom, from the patient's blood. Apharmaceutical to facilitate harvesting of DC can be used, such asProgenipoietin™ (Pharmacia-Monsanto, St. Louis, Mo.) or GM-CSF/IL-4.After pulsing the DC with peptides and prior to reinfusion intopatients, the DC are washed to remove unbound peptides. In thisembodiment a vaccine comprises peptide-pulsed DCs which present thepulsed peptide epitopes completed with HLA molecules on their surfaces.

The DC can be pulsed ex vivo with a cocktail of peptides, some of whichstimulate CTL responses to 202P5A5. Optionally, a helper T cell (HTL)peptide, such as a natural or artificial loosely restricted HLA Class IIpeptide, can be included to facilitate the CTL response. Thus, a vaccinein accordance with the invention is used to treat a cancer whichexpresses or overexpresses 202P5A5.

X.D. Adoptive Immunotherapy

Antigenic 202P5A5-related peptides are used to elicit a CTL and/or HTLresponse ex vivo, as well. The resulting CTL or HTL cells, can be usedto treat turners in patients that do not respond to other conventionalforms of therapy, or will not respond to a therapeutic vaccine peptideor nucleic acid in accordance with the invention. Ex vivo CTL or HTLresponses to a particular antigen are induced by incubating in tissueculture the patient's, or genetically compatible, CTL or HTL precursorcells together with a source of antigen-presenting cells (APC) such asdendritic cells, and the appropriate immunogenic peptide. After anappropriate incubation time (typically about 7-28 days), in which theprecursor cells are activated and expanded into effector cells, thecells are infused back into the patient, where they will destroy (CTL)or facilitate destruction (HTL) of their specific target cell (e.g., atumor cell). Transfected dendritic cells may also be used as antigenpresenting cells.

X.E. Administration of Vaccines for Therapeutic or Prophylactic Purposes

Pharmaceutical and vaccine compositions of the invention are typicallyused to treat and/or prevent a cancer that expresses or overexpresses202P5A5. In therapeutic applications, peptide and/or nucleic acidcompositions are administered to a patient in an amount sufficient toelicit an effective B cell, CTL and/or HTL response to the antigen andto cure or at least partially arrest or slow symptoms and/orcomplications. An amount adequate to accomplish this is defined as“therapeutically effective dose.” Amounts effective for this use willdepend on, e.g., the particular composition administered, the manner ofadministration, the stage and seventy of the disease being treated, theweight and general state of health of the patient, and the judgment ofthe prescribing physician.

For pharmaceutical compositions, the immunogenic peptides of theinvention, or DNA encoding them, are generally administered to anindividual already bearing a tumor that expresses 202P5A5. The peptidesor DNA encoding them can be administered individually or as fusions ofone or more peptide sequences. Patients can be treated with theimmunogenic peptides separately or in conjunction with other treatments,such as surgery, as appropriate.

For therapeutic use, administration should generally begin at the firstdiagnosis of 202P5A5-associated cancer. This is followed by boostingdoses until at least symptoms are substantially abated and for a periodthereafter. The embodiment of the vaccine composition (i.e., including,but not limited to embodiments such as peptide cocktails, polyepitopicpolypeptides, minigenes, or TAA-specific CTLs or pulsed dendritic cells)delivered to the patient may vary according to the stage of the diseaseor the patient's health status. For example, in a patient with a tumorthat expresses 202A5A5, a vaccine comprising 202P5A5-specific CTL may bemore efficacious in killing tumor cells in patient with advanced diseasethan alternative embodiments.

It is generally important to provide an amount of the peptide epitopedelivered by a mode of administration sufficient to stimulateeffectively a cytotoxic T cell response, compositions which stimulatehelper T cell responses can also be given in accordance with thisembodiment of the invention.

The dosage for an initial therapeutic immunization generally occurs in aunit dosage range where the lower value is about 1, 5, 50, 500, or 1,000μg and the higher value is about 10,000; 20,000; 30,000; or 50,000 μg.Dosage values for a human typically range from about 500 μg to about50,000 μper 70 kilogram patient. Boosting dosages of between about 1.0μg to about 50,000 μg of peptide pursuant to a boosting regimen overweeks to months may be administered depending upon the patient'sresponse and condition as determined by measuring the specific activityof CTL and HTL obtained from the patient's blood. Administration shouldcontinue until at least clinical symptoms or laboratory tests indicatethat the neoplasia, has been eliminated or reduced and for a periodthereafter. The dosages, routes of administration, and dose schedulesare adjusted in accordance with methodologies known in the art.

In certain embodiments, the peptides and compositions of the presentinvention are employed in serious disease states, that is,life-threatening or potentially life threatening situations. In suchcases, as a result of the minimal amounts of extraneous substances andthe relative nontoxic nature of the peptides in preferred compositionsof the invention, it is possible and may be felt desirable by thetreating physician to administer substantial excesses of these peptidecompositions relative to these states dosage amounts.

The vaccine compositions of the invention can also be used purely asprophylactic agents. Generally the dosage for an initial prophylacticimmunization generally occurs in a unit dosage range where the lowervalue is about 1, 5, 50, 500, or 1000 μg and the higher value is about10,000; 20,000; 30,000; or 50,000 μg. Dosage values for a humantypically range from about 500 μg to about 50,000 μg per 70 kilogrampatient. This is followed by boosting dosages of between about 1.0μg toabout 50,000 μg of peptide administered at defined intervals from aboutfour weeks to six months after the initial administration of vaccine.The immunogenicity of the vaccine can be assessed by measuring thespecific activity of CTL and HTL obtained from a sample of the patient'sblood.

The pharmaceutical compositions for therapeutic treatment are intendedfor parenteral, topical, oral, nasal, intrathecal, or local (e.g. as acream or topical ointment) administration. Preferably, thepharmaceutical compositions are administered parentally, e.g.,intravenously, subcutaneously, intradermally, or intramuscularly. Thus,the invention provides compositions for parenteral administration whichcomprise a solution of the immunogenic peptides dissolved or suspendedin an acceptable carrier, preferably an aqueous carrier.

A variety of aqueous carriers may be used, e.g., water, buffered water,0.8% saline, 0.3% glycine, hyaluronic acid and the like. These compositions may he sterilized by conventional, well-known sterilizationtechniques, or may be sterile filtered. The resulting aqueous solutionsmay be packaged for use as is, or lyophilized, the lyophilizedpreparation being combined with a sterile solution prior toadministration.

The compositions may contain pharmaceutically acceptable auxiliarysubstances as required to approximate physiological conditions, such aspH-adjusting and buffering agents, tonicity adjusting agents, wettingagents, preservatives, and the like, for example, sodium acetate sodiumlactate, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, calcium chloride, sorbitanmonolaurate, triethanolamine oleate, etc.

The concentration of peptides of the invention in the pharmaceuticalformulations can vary widely, i.e., from less than about 0.1%, usuallyat or at least about 2% to as much as 20% to 50% or more by weight, andwill be selected primarily by fluid volumes, viscosities, etc., inaccordance with the particular mode of administration selected.

A human unit dose form of a com position is typically included in apharmaceutical composition that comprises a human unit dose of anacceptable carrier, in one embodiment an aqueous carrier, and isadministered in a volume/quantity that is known by those of skill in theart to be used for administration of such compositions to humans (see,e.g., Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences, 17^(th) Edition, A. Gennaro,Editor, Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Pa., 1985). For example a peptidedose for initial immunization can be from about 1 to about 50,000 μg,generally 100-5,000 μg, for a 70 kg patient. For example, for nucleicacids an initial immunization may be performed using an expressionvector in the form of naked nucleic acid administered IM (or SC or ID)in the amounts of 0.5-5 mg at multiple sites. The nucleic acid (0.1 to1000 μg) can also be administered using a gene gun. Following anincubation period of 3-4 weeks, a booster dose is then administered. Thebooster can be recombinant fowlpox virus administered at a dose of 5-10to −5×10⁹ pfu.

For antibodies, a treatment generally involves repeated administrationof the anti-202P5A5 antibody preparation, via an acceptable route ofadministration such as intravenous injection (IV). Typically at a dosein the range of about 0.1 to about 10 mg/kg body weight. In general,doses in the range of 10-500 mg mAb per week are effective and welltolerated. Moreover, an initial loading dose of approximately 4 mg/kgpatient body weight IV, followed by weekly doses of about 2mg/kg IV ofthe anti-202P5A5 mAb preparation represents an acceptable dosingregimen. As appreciated by those of skill in the art, various factorscan influence the ideal dose in a particular case. Such factors include,for example, half life of a composition, the binding affinity of an Ab,the immunogenicity of a substance, the degree of 202P5A5 expression inthe patient, the extent of circulating shed 202P5A5 antigen, the desiredsteady-state concentration level, frequency of treatment, and theinfluence of chemotherapeutic or other agents used in combination withthe treatment method of the invention, as well as the health status of aparticular patient. Non-limiting preferred human unit doses are, forexample, 500 μg-1 mg, 1 mg-50 mg, 50 mg-100 mg, 100 mg-200 mg, 200mg-300 mg, 400mg-500 mg, 500mg-500 mg, 600mg-700 mg, 700 mg-800 mg, 800mg-900 mg, 900 mg-1 g, or 1 mg-700 mg. In certain embodiments, the doseis in a range of 2-5 mg/kg body weight, e.g., with follow on weeklydoses of 1-3 mg/kg; 0.5 mg, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 7, 8, 9, 10 mg/kg bodyweight followed, e.g., in two, three or four weeks by weekly doses;0.5-10 mg/kg body weight, e.g., followed in two, three or four weeks byweekly doses; 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375, 400 mg m² of bodyweight, e.g., followed in tow, three or four weeks by weekly of bodyarea weekly; these does can be followed by weekly doses for 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 11, 12 or more weeks.

In one embodiment, human unit dose forms of polynucleotides comprise asuitable dosage range or effective amount that provides any therapeuticeffect. As appreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art a therapeuticeffect depends on a number of factors, including the sequence of thepolynucleotide, molecular weight of the polynucleotide and route ofadministration. Dosages are generally selected by the physician or otherhealth care professional in accordance with a variety of parametersknown in the art, such as severity of symptoms, history of the patientand the like. Generally, for a polynucleotide of about 20 bases, adosage range may be selected from, for example, an independentlyselected lower limit such as about 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 30,40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 mg/kg up to anindependently selected upper limit, greater than the lower limit, ofabout 60, 80, 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 750,1000, 1500, 2000, 3000, 4000,5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000 or 10,000 mg/kg. For example, a dose may beabout any of the following: 0.1 to 100 mg/kg, 0.1 to 50 mg/kg, 0.1 to 25mg/kg, 0.1 to 10 mg/kg, 1 to 500 mg/kg, 100 400 mg/kg, 200 to 300 mg/kg,1 to 100 mg/kg, 100 to 200 mg/kg, 300 to 400 mg/kg, 400 to 500 mg/kg,500 to 1000 mg/kg, 500 to 5000 mg/kg, or 500 to 10,000 mg/kg, Generally,parenteral routes of administration may require higher doses ofpolynucleotide compared to more direct application to the nucleotide todiseased tissue, as do polynucleotides of increasing length.

In one embodiment, human unit dose forms of T-cells comprise a suitabledosage range or effective amount that provides any therapeutic effect Asappreciated by one of ordinary skill in the art, a therapeutic effectdepends on a number of factors. Dosages are generally selected by thephysician or other health care professional in accordance with a varietyof parameters known in the art, such as severity of symptoms, history ofthe patient and the like. A dose may be about 10⁴cells to about 10⁶cells, about 10⁶ cells to about 10^(a)cells, about 10¹¹to about 10¹¹cells, or about 10^(a) to about 5×10¹⁰ cells. A dose may also about 10⁶cells/m² to about 10¹⁰ cells/m², or about 10⁶ cells/m² to about 10⁸cells/m².

Proteins(s) of the invention, and/or nucleic acids encoding theprotein(s), can also be administered via liposomes, which may also serveto: 1) target the proteins(s) to a particular tissue, such as lymphoidtissue; 2) to target selectively to diseases cells; or, 3) to increasethe half-life of the peptide composition. Liposomes include emulsions,foams, micelles, insoluble monolayers, liquid crystals, phospholipiddispersions, lamellar layers and the like. In these preparations, thepeptide to be delivered is incorporated as part of a liposome, alone orin conjunction with a molecule which binds to a receptor prevalent amonglymphoid ceil is, such as monoclonal antibodies which bind to the CD45antigen, or with other therapeutic or immunogenic compositions. Thus,liposomes either filled or decorated with a desired peptide of theinvention can be directed to the site of lymphoid cells, where theliposomes then deliver the peptide compositions. Liposomes for use inaccordance with the invention are formed from standard vesicle-forminglipids, which generally include neutral and negatively chargedphospholipids and a sterol, such as cholesterol. The selection of lipidsis generally guided by consideration of, e.g., liposome size, acidlability and stability of the liposomes in the blood stream. A varietyof methods are available for preparing liposomes, as described in, e.g.,Szoka, et at., Ann. Rev. Biophys. Bioeng. 9:457 (1980), and U.S. Pat.Nos. 4,235,871, 4,501,728, 4,837,028, and 5,019,369.

For targeting cells of the immune system, a ligand to be incorporatedinto the liposome can include, e.g., antibodies or fragments thereofspecific for cell surface determinants of the desired immune systemcells. A liposome suspension containing a peptide may be administeredintravenously, locally, topically, etc. in a dose which varies accordingto, inter alia, the manner of administration, the peptide beingdelivered, and the stage of the disease being treated.

For solid compositions, conventional nontoxic solid carriers may be usedwhich include, for example, pharmaceutical grades of mannitol, lactose,starch, magnesium stearate, sodium saccharin, talcum, cellulose,glucose, sucrose, magnesium carbonate, and the like. For oraladministration, a pharmaceutically acceptable nontoxic composition isformed by incorporating any of the normally employed excipients, such asthose carriers previously listed, an generally 10-95% of activeingredient, that is, one or more peptides of the invention, and morepreferably at a concentration of 25%-76%.

For aerosol administration, immunogenic peptides are preferably suppliedin finely divided form along with a surfactant and propellant. Typicalpercentages of peptides are about 0.01% -20% by weight, preferably about1%-10%. The surfactant must, of course, be nontoxic, and preferablysoluble in the propellant. Representative of such agents are the estersor partial esters of fatty acids containing from about 6 to 22 carbonatoms, such as caproic, octanoic, lauric, palmitic, stearic, linoleic,linolenic, olesteric and oleic acids with an aliphatic polyhydricalcohol or its cyclic anhydride. Mixed esters, such as mixed or naturalglycerides may be employed. The surfactant may constitute about 0.1%-20%by weight of the composition, preferably about 0.25-5%. The balance ofthe composition is ordinarily propellant. A carrier can also beincluded, as desired, as with, e.g., lecithin for intranasal delivery.

XI.) Diagnostic and Prognostic Embodiments of 202P5A5

As disclosed herein, 202P5A5 polynucleotides, polypeptides, reactivecytotoxic T cells (CTL), reactive helper T cells (HTL) andanti-polypeptide antibodies are used in well known diagnostic,prognostic and therapeutic assays that examine conditions associatedwith dysregulated cell growth such as cancer, in particular the cancerslisted in Table I (see, e.g., both its specific pattern of tissueexpression as well as its overexpression in certain cancers as describedfor example in the Example entitled “Expression analysis of 202P5A5 innormal tissues, and patient specimens”).

202P5A5 can be analogized to a prostate associated antigen PSA, thearchetypal marker that has been used by medical practitioners for yearsto identify and monitor the presence of prostate cancer (see, e.g.,Merrill et al., J. Urol. 163(2):503-5120 (2000); Polascik et al., J.Urol. Aug; 162(21:293-306 (1999) and Fortler et al., J. Nat. CancerInst. 91(19): 1635-1640 (1999)). A variety of other diagnostic markersare also used in similar contexts including p53 and K-ras (see, e.g.,Tulchinsky e al., Int J Mol Med 1999 Jul 4(1):99-102 and Minimoto etal., Cancer Detect Prev 2000 ; 24(1):1-12). Therefore, this disclosureof 202P5A5 polynucleotides and polypeptides (as well as 202P5A5polynucleotide probes and anti-202P5A5 antibodies used to identify thepresence of these molecules) and their properties allows skilledartisans to utilize these molecules in methods that are analogous tothose used, for example, in a variety of diagnostic assays directed toexamining conditions associated with cancer.

Typical embodiments of diagnostic methods which utilize the 202P5A5polynucleotides, polypeptides, reactive T cells and antibodies areanalogous to those methods from well-established diagnostic assays,which employ, e.g., PSA polynucleotides, polypeptides, reactive T cellsand antibodies. For example, just as PSA polynucleotides are used asprobes (for example in Northern analysis, see, e.g., Sharief et al.,Biochem. Mol. Biol. Int. 33(3):537-74(1994)) and primers (for example inPCR analysis, see, e.g., Okegawa et al., J. Urol. 163(4): 1189-1190(2000)) to observe the presence and/or the level of PSA mRNAs in methodsof monitoring PSA overexpression or the metastasis of prostate cancers,the 202P5A5 polynucleotides described herein can be utilized in the sameway to detect 202P5A5 overexpression or the metastasis of prostate andother cancers expressing this gene. Alternatively, just as PSApolypeptides are used to generate antibodies specific for PSA which canthen be used to observe the presence and/or the level of PSA proteins inmethods to monitor PSA protein overexpression (see, e.g., Sfephan et si,Urology 55(4):560-3 (2000)) or the metastasis of prostate cells (see,e.g., Alan en et al., Pathol. Res. Pract. 192 (3):233-7 (1995)), the202P5A5 polypeptides described herein can be utilized to generateantibodies for use in detecting 202P5A5 overexpression or the metatasisof prostate cells and cells of other cancers expressing this gene.

Specifically, because metastases involves the movement of cancer cellsfrom an organ of origin (such as the lung or prostate gland etc.) to adifferent area of the body (such as a lymph node), assays which examinea biological sample for the presence of cells expressing 202P5A5polynucleotides and/or polypeptides can be used to provide evidence ofmetastasis. For example, when a biological sample from tissue that doesnot normally contain 202P5A5-expressing cells (lymph node) is found tocontain 202P5A5-expressing cells such as the 202P5A5 expression seen inLAPC4 and LAPC9, xenografts isolated from lymph node and bonemetastasis, respectively, this finding is indicative of metastasis.

Alternatively 202P5A5 polynucleotides and/or polypeptides can be used toprovide evidence of cancer, for example, when cells in a biologicalsample that do not normally express 202P5A5 or express 202P5A5 at adifferent level are found to express 202P5A5 or have an increasedexpression of 202P5A5 (see, e.g., the 202P5A5 expression in the cancerslisted in Table I and in patient samples etc. shown in the accompanyingFigures). In such assays, artisans may further wish to generatesupplementary evidence of metastasis by testing the biological samplefor the presence of a second tissue restricted marker (in addition to202P5A5) such as PSA, PSCA etc. (see, e.g., Alan en et al., Pathol. Res.Pract. 192(3): 233-237(1996).

The use of immunohistochemistry to identify the presence of a 202P5A5polypeptide within a tissue section can indicate an altered state ofcertain cells within that tissue. It is well understood in the art thatthe ability of an antibody to localize to a polypeptide that isexpressed in cancer cells is a way of diagnosing presence of disease,disease stage, progression and/or tumor aggressiveness. Such an antibodycan also detect an altered distribution of the polypeptide within thecancer cells, as compared to corresponding non-malignant tissue.

The 202P5A5 polypeptide and immunogenic compositions are also useful inview of the phenomena of altered subcellular protein localization indisease states. Alteration of ceils from normal to diseased state causeschanges in cellular morphology and is often associated with changes insubcellular protein localization/distribution. For example, cellmembrane proteins that are expressed in a polarized manner in normalcells can be altered in disease, resulting in distribution of theprotein in a n on-polar manner over the whole cell surface.

The phenomenon of altered subcellular protein localization in a diseasestate has been demonstrated with MUC1and Her2 protein expression by useof immunohistochemical means. Normal epithelial cells have a typicalapical distribution of MUC1, in addition to some supranuclearlocalization of the glycoprotein, whereas malignant lesions oftendemonstrate an apolar staining pattern (Diaz et al., The Breast Journal.7;40-45 (2001); Zhang et al, Clinical Cancer Research, 4; 2669-2676(1993): Cao, et al., The Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry,45:1547-1557 (1997)). In addition, normal breast epithelium is eithernegative for Her2 protein or exhibits only a basolaterai distributionwhereas malignant cells can express the protein over the whole cellsurface (de Polter, et al., International Journal of Cancer, 44:1547-1557 (1989). McCormick et al, 117; 935-943 (2002). Alternatively,distribution of the protein may be altered from a surface onlylocalization to include diffuse cytoplasmic expression in the diseasedstate. Such an example can be seen with MUC1 (Diaz, et al, The BreastJournal, 7: 40-45 (2001)).

Alteration in the localization/distribution of a protein in the cell, asdetected by immunohistochemical methods, can also provide valuableinformation concerning the favorability of certain treatment modalities.This last point is illustrated by a situation where a protein may beintracellular in normal tissue, but cell surface in malignant cells; thecell surface location makes the cells favorably amenable toantibody-based diagnostic and treatment regimens. When such analteration of protein localization occurs for 202P5A5, the 202P5A5protein and immune responses related thereto are very useful.Accordingly, the ability to determine whether alteration of subcellularprotein localization occurred for 24P4C12 make the 202P5A5 protein andimmune responses related thereto very useful. Use of (tie 202A5A5compositions allows those skilled in the art to make importantdiagnostic and therapeutic decisions.

Immunohistochemical reagents specific to 202P5A5 are also useful todetect metastases of tumors expressing 202P5A5 when the polypeptideappears in tissues where 202P5A5 is not normally produced.

Thus, 202P5A5 polypeptides and antibodies resulting from immuneresponses thereto are useful in a variety of important contexts such asdiagnostic, prognostic, preventative and/or therapeutic purposes knownto those skilled in the art.

Just as PSA polynucleotide fragments and polynucleotide variants areemployed by skilled artisans for use in methods of monitoring PSA,202P5A5 polynucleotide fragments and polynucleotide variants are used inan analogous manner, in particular, typical PSA polynucleotides used inmethods of monitoring PSA are probes or primers which consist offragments of the PSA cDNA sequence. Illustrating this, primers used toPCR amplify a PSA polynucleotide must include less than the whole PSAsequence to function in the polymerase chain reaction. In the context ofsuch PCR reactions, skilled artisans generally create a variety ofdifferent polynucleotide fragments that can be used as primers in orderto amplify different portions of a polynucleotide of interest or tooptimize amplification reactions (see, e.g., Caetano-Anolles, G,Biotechniques 25(3), 472-476, 478-480 (1998); Robertson et al., MethodsMol. Biol. 96:121-154 (1998)). An additional illustration of the use ofsuch fragments is provided in the Example entitled “Expression analysisof 202P5A5 in normal tissues, and patient specimens,” where a 202P5A5polynucleotide fragment is used as a probe to show the expression of202A5A5 RNAs in cancer cells. In addition, variant polynucleotidesequences are typically used as primers and probes for the correspondingmRNAs in PCR and Northern analyses (see, e.g., Sawai et al., FetalDiagn. Ther. 1996 November-December 11(6):407-13 and Current ProtocolsIn Molecular Biology, Volume 2, Unit 2, Frederick M. Ausubel et al.eds., 1995)), Polynucleotide fragments and variants are useful in thiscontext where they are capable of binding to a target polynucleotidesequence (e.g., a 202P5A5 polynucleotide shown in FIG. 2 or variantthereof) under conditions of high stringency.

Furthermore. PSA polypeptides which contain an epitope that can berecognized by an antibody or T cell that specifically binds to thatepitope are used in methods of monitoring PSA. 202P5A5 polypeptidefragments and polypeptide analogs or variants can also be used in ananalogous manner. This practice of using polypeptide fragments orpolypeptide variants to generate antibodies (such as anti-PSA antibodiesor T cells) is typical in the art with a wide variety of systems such asfushion proteins being used by practitioners (see, e.g., CurrentProtocols in Molecular Biology, Volumes 2Unit 16, Frederick M. Ausubelet al. eds., 1996). In this context, each epitope(s) functions toprovide the architecture with which an antibody or T cell is reactive.Typically, skilled artisans create a variety of different polypeptidefragments that can be used in order to generate immune responsesspecific for different portions of a polypeptide of interest (see, e.g.U.S. Pat. No. 5,840,501 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,939,533). For example it maybe preferable to utilize a polypeptide comprising one of the 202P5A5biological motifs discussed herein or a motif-bearing subsequence whichsi readily identified by one of skill in the art based on motifsavailable in the art. Polypeptide fragments, variants or analogs aretypically useful in this context as long as they comprise an epitopecapable of generating an antibody or T cells specific for a targetpolypeptide sequence (e.g., a 202P5A5 polypeptide shown in FIG. 3).

As shown herein, the 202P5A5 polynucleotides and polypeptides (as wellas the 202P5A5 polynucleotide probes and anti-202P5A5 antibodies or Tcells used to identify the presence of these molecules) exhibit specificproperties that make them useful in diagnosing cancers such as thoselisted in Table I. Diagnostic assays that measure the presence of202P5A5 gene products, in order to evaluate the presence or onset of adisease condition described herein, such as prostate cancer, are used toidentify patients for preventive measures or further monitoring, as hasbeen done so successfully with PSA, Moreover, these materials satisfy aneed in the art for molecules having similar of complementarycharacteristics to PSA in situations where, for example, a definitediagnosis of metastasis of prostatic origin cannot be made on the basesof a test for PSA alone (see, e.g., Alanen et al., Pathol. Res. Pract.192(3): 233-237 (1996)), and consequently, materials such as 202P5A5polynucleotides and polypeptides (as well as the 202P5A5 polynucleotideprobes and anti-202P5A5 antibodies used to identify the presence ofthese molecules) need to be employed to confirm a metastases ofprostatic origin.

Finally, in addition to their use in diagnostic assays, the 202P5A5polynucleotides disclosed herein have a number of other utilities suchas their use in the identification of oncogenetic associated chromosomalabnormalities in the chromosomal region to which the 202P5A5 gene maps(see the Example entitled “Chromosomal Mapping of 202P5A5” below).Moreover, in addition to their use in diagnostic assays, the202P5A5-related proteins and polynucleotides disclosed herein have otherutilities such as their use in the forensic analysis of tissues ofunknown origin (see, e.g., Takahama K Forensic Sci Int 1996 Jun. 28;80(1-2): 63-9).

Additionally, 202P5A5-related proteins or polynucleotides of theinvention can be used to treat a pathologic condition characterized bythe over-expression of 202P5A5. For example, the amino acid or nucleicacid sequence of FIG. 2 or FIG. 3, or fragments of either, can be usedto generate an immune response to a 202P5A5 antigen. Antibodies or othermolecules that react with 202P5A5 can be used to modulate the functionof this molecule, and thereby provide a therapeutic benefit.

XII.) Inhibition of 202P5A5 Protein Function

The invention includes various methods and compositions for inhibitingthe binding of 202P5A5 to its binding partner or its association withother protein(s) as well as methods for inhibiting 202P5A5 function.

XII.A.) Inhibition of 202P5A5 With Intracellular Antibodies

In one approach, a recombinant vector that encodes single chainantibodies that specifically bind to 202P5A5 are introduced into 202P5A5expressing cells via gene transfer technologies. Accordingly, theencoded single chain anti-202P5A5 antibody is expressed intracellularly,binds to 202P5A5 protein, and thereby inhibits its function. Methods forengineering such intracellular single chain antibodies are well know.Such intracellular antibodies, also known as “intrabodies”, arespecifically targeted to a particular compartment within the cell,providing control over where the inhibitory activity of the treatment isfocused. This technology has been successfully applied in the art (forreview, see Richardson and Marasco, 1996, TIBTECH vol 13). Intrabodieshave been shown to virtually eliminate the expression of otherwiseabundant cell surface receptors (see, e.g., Richardson et al., 1995,Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92: 3137-3141; Beeril et al., 1994, J. Biol.Chem. 289: 23931-23936; Deshane et al., 1994, Gene Ther. 1: 332-337).

Single chain antibodies comprise the variable domains of the heavy andlight chain joined by a flexible linker polypeptide, and are expressedas a single polypeptide. Optionally, single chain antibodies areexpressed as a single chain variable region fragment joined to the lightchain constant region. Well-known intracellular trafficking signals areengineered into recombinant polynucleotide vectors encoding such singlechain antibodies in order to target precisely the intrabody to thedesired intracellular compartment. For example, intrabodies targeted tothe endoplasmic reticulum (ER) are engineered to incorporate a leaderpeptide and, optionally, a C-terminal ER retention signal, such as theKDEL amino acid motif. Intrabodies intended to exert activity in thenucleus are engineered to include a nuclear localization signal. Lipidmoieties are joined to intrabodies in order to tether the intrabody tothe cytosolic intrabodies are used to sequester factors within thecytosol, thereby preventing them from being transported to their naturalcellular destination.

one embodiment, intra bodies are used to capture 202P5A5 in the nucleus,thereby preventing its activity within the nucleus. Nuclear targetingsignals are engineered into such 202P5A5 intrabodies in order to achievethe desired targeting. Such 202P5A5 intrabodies are designed to bindspecifically to a particular 202P5A5 domain. In another embodiment,cytosolic intrabodies that specifically bind to a 202P5A5 protein areused to prevent 202P5A5 from gaining access to the nucleus, therebypreventing it from exerting any biological activity within the nucleus(e.g., preventing 202P5A5 from forming transcription complexes withother factors.

In order to specifically direct the expression of such intrabodies toparticular cells, the transcription of the intrabody is placed under theregulatory control of an appropriate tumor-specific promoter and/orenhancer. In order to target intrabody expression specifically toprostate, for example, the PSA promoter and/or promoter/enhancer can beutilized (See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,919,652 issued 8 Jul. 1999).

XII.B.) Inhibition of 202P5A5 with Recombinant Proteins

In another approach, recombinant molecules bind to 202P5A5 and therebyinhibit 202PSA5 function. For example, these recombinant moleculesprevent or inhibit 202P5A5 from accessing/binding to its bindingpartners) or associating with other protein(s). Such recombinantmolecules can, for example, contain the reactive part(s) of a 202P5A5specific antibody molecule. In a particular embodiment, the 202P5A5binding domain of a 202P5A5 binding partner is engineered into a dimericfushion protein, whereby the fusion protein comprises two 202P5A5 ligandbinding domains linked to the Fc portion of a human IgG, such as humanIgG1. Such IgG portion can contain, for example, the CH2 and CH3 domainsand the hinge region, but not the C+1 domain. Such dimeric fushionproteins are administered in soluble form to patients suffering from acancer associated with the expression of 202P5A5, whereby the dimericfushion protein specifically binds to 202P5A5 and blocks 202P5A5interaction with a binding partner. Such dimeric fushion proteins arefurther continued into multimeric proteins using known antibody linkingtechnologies.

XII.C.) Inhibition of 202P5A5 Transcription or Translation

The present invention also comprises various methods and compositionsfor inhibiting the transcription of the 202P5A5 gene. Similarly, theinvention also provides methods and compositions for inhibiting thetranslation of 202P5A5 mRNA into protein.

In one approach, a method of inhibiting the transcription of the 202P5A5gene comprises contacting the 202P5A5 gene with a 202P5A5 antisensepolynucleotide. In another approach, a method of inhibiting 202P5A5 mRNAtranslation comprises contacting a 202P5A5 mRNA with an antisensepolynucleotide. In another approach, a 202P5A5 specific ribozyme is usedto cleave a 202P5A5 message, thereby inhibiting translation. Suchantisense and ribozyme based methods can also be directed to theregulatory regions of the 202P5A5 gene, such as 202P5A5 promoter and/orenhancer elements. Similarly, proteins capable of inhibiting a 202P5A5gene transcription factor are used to inhibit 202P5A5 mRNAtranscription. The various polynucleotides and compositions useful inthe aforementioned methods have been described above. The use ofantisense and ribozyme molecules to inhibit transcription andtranslation is well known in the art.

Other factors that inhibit the transcription of 202P5A5 by interferingwith 202P5A5 transcriptional activation are also useful to treat cancersexpressing 202P5A5. Similarly, factors that interfere with 202P5A5processing are useful to treat cancers that express 202P5A5. Cancertreatment methods utilizing such factors are also within the scope ofthe invention.

XII.D.) General Considerations for Therapeutic Strategies

Gene transfer and gene therapy technologies can be used to delivertherapeutic polynucleotide molecules to tumor cells synthesizing 202P5A5(i.e., antisense, ribozyme, polynucleotides encoding intrabodies andother 202P5A5 inhibitory molecules). A number of gene therapy approachesare known in the art. Recombinant vectors encoding 202P5A5 antisensepolynucleotides, ribozymes, factors capable of interfering with 202P5A5transcription, and so forth, can be delivered to target tumor cellsusing such gene therapy approaches.

The above therapeutic approaches can be combined with any one of a widevariety of surgical, chemotherapy or radiation therapy regimens. Thetherapeutic approaches of the invention can enable the use of reduceddosages of chemotherapy (or other therapies) and/or less frequentadministration, an advantage for all patients and particularly for thosethat do not tolerate the toxicity of the chemotherapeutic agent well.

The anti-tumor activity of a particular composition (e.g., antisense,ribozyme, intrabody), or a combination of such compositions, can beevaluated using various in vitro and in vivo assay systems, in vitroassays that evaluate therapeutic activity include cell growth assays,soft agar assays and other assays indicative of tumor promotingactivity, binding assays capable of determining the extent to which atherapeutic composition will inhibit the binding of 202P5A5 to a bindingpartner, etc.

In vivo, the effect of a 202P5A5 therapeutic composition can beevaluated in a suitable animal model. For example, xenogenic prostatecancer models can be used, wherein human prostate cancer explants orpassaged xenograft tissues are introduced into immune compromisedanimals, such as nude or SCID mice (Klein et al., 1997, Nature Medicine3: 402-408). For example, PCT Patent Application WO98/16628 and U.S.Pat. No. 6,107,540 describe various xenograft models of human prostatecancer capable of recapitulating the development of primary tumors,micrometastasis, and the formation of osteobiastic metastasescharacteristic of late stage disease. Efficacy can be predicted usingassays that measure inhibition of tumor formation, tumor regression ormetastasis, and the like.

In vivo assays that evaluate the promotion of apoptosis are useful inevaluating therapeutic compositions. In one embodiment, xenografts fromtumor bearing mice treated with the therapeutic composition can beexamined for the presence of apoptotic foci and compared to untreatedcontrol xenograft-bearing mice. The extent to which apoptotic foci arefound in the tumors of the treated mice provides an indication of thetherapeutic efficacy of the composition,

The therapeutic compositions used in the practice of the foregoingmethods can be formulated into pharmaceutical compositions comprising acarrier suitable for the desired delivery method. Suitable carriersinclude any material that when non-reactive with the patient's immunesystem. Examples include, but are not limited to, any of a number ofstandard pharmaceutical carriers such as sterile phosphate bufferedsaline solutions, bacteriostatic water, and the like (see, generally,Remington's Pharmaceutical Sciences 16^(th) Edition, A. Osal. Ed.,1980),

Therapeutic formulations can be so totalized and administered via anyroute capable of delivering the therapeutic composition to the tumorsite. Potentially effective routes of administration include, but arenot limited to, intravenous, parenteral, intraperitoneal, intramuscular,intratumor, intradermal, intraorgan, orthotopic, and the like. Apreferred formulation for intravenous injection comprises thetherapeutic composition in a solution of preserved bacteriostatic water,sterile unpreserved water, and/or diluted in polyvinylchloride orpolyethylene bags containing 0.9% sterile Sodium Chloride for Injection,USP. Therapeutic protein preparations can be lyophilized and stored assterile powders, preferably under vacuum, and then reconstituted inbacteriostatic water (containing for example, benzyl alcoholpreservative) or in sterile water prior to injection,

Dosages and administration protocols for the treatment of cancers usingthe foregoing methods will vary with the method and the target cancer,and will generally depend on a number of other factors appreciated inthe art

XIII.) Identification, Characterization and Use of Modulators of 202P5A5

Methods to Identify and Use Modulators

In one embodiment, screening is performed to identify modulators thatinduce or suppress a particular expression profile, suppress or inducespecific pathways, preferably generating the associated phenotypethereby. In another embodiment, having identified differentiallyexpressed genes important in a particular state, screens are performedto identify modulators that alter expression of individual genes, eitherincrease or decrease. In another embodiment, screening is performed toidentify modulators that alter a biological function of the expressionproduct of a differentially expressed gene. Again, having identified theimportance of a gene in a particular state, screens are performed toidentify agents that bind and/or modulale the biological activity of thegene product.

In addition, screens are done for genes that are induced in response toa candidate agent. After identifying a modulator (one that suppresses acancer expression pattern leading to a normal expression pattern, or amodulator of a cancer gene that leads to expression of the gene as innormal tissue) a screen is performed to identify genes that arespecifically modulated in response to the agent. Comparing expressionprofiles between normal tissue and agent treated cancer tissue revealsgenes that are not expressed in normal tissue or cancer tissue, but areexpressed in agent treated tissue, and vice versa. These agent-specificsequences are identified and used by methods described herein for cancergenes or proteins. In particular these sequences and the proteins theyencode are used in marking or identifying agent-treated cancer tissuesample.

Modulator-related Identification and Screening Assays

Gene Expression-related Assays

Proteins, nucleic acids, and antibodies of the invention are used inscreening assays. The cancer-associated proteins, antibodies, nucleicacids, modified proteins and cells containing these sequences are usedin screening assays, such as evaluating the effect of drug candidates ona “gene expression profile,” expression profile of polypeptides oralteration of biological function. In one embodiment, the expressionprofiles are used, preferably in conjunction with high throughputscreening techniques to allow monitoring for expression profile genesafter treatment with a candidate agent (e.g., Davis, G F, et al, J BiolScreen 7:69 (2002); Zlokamik, et. al., Science 279:84-8 (1993); Heid,Genome Res6:966-94, 1996).

The cancer proteins, antibodies, nucleic acids, modified proteins andcells containing the native or modified cancer proteins or genes areused in screening assays. That is, the present invention comprisesmethods for screening for compositions which modulate the cancerphenotype or a physiological function of a cancer protein of theinvention. This is done on a gene itself or by evaluating the effect ofdrug candidates on a “gene expression profile” or biological function.In one embodiment, expression profiles are used, preferably inconjunction with high throughput screening techniques to allowmonitoring after treatment with a candidate agent, see Zlokamik, supra.

A variety of assays are executed directed to the genes and proteins ofthe invention. Assays are run on an individual nucleic acid or proteinlevel. That is, having identified a particular gene as up regulated incancer, test compounds are screened for the ability to modulate geneexpression or for binding to the cancer protein of the invention.“Modulation” in this context includes an increase or a decrease in geneexpression. The preferred amount of modulation will depend on theoriginal change of the gene expression in normal versus tissueundergoing cancer, with changes of at least 10%, preferably 50%, morepreferably 100-300%, and in some embodiments 300-1000% or greater. Thus,if a gene exhibits a 4-fold increase in cancer tissue compared to normaltissue, a decrease of about four-fold is often desired; similarly, a10-fold decrease in cancer tissue compared to normal tissue a targetvalue of a 10-fold increase in expression by the test compound is oftendesired. Modulators thai exacerbate the type of gene expression seen incancer are also useful, e.g., as an upregulated target in furtheranalyses.

The amount of gene expression is monitored using nucleic acid probes andtie quantification of gene expression levels, or, alternatively, a geneproduct itself is monitored, e.g., through the use of antibodies to thecancer protein and standard immunoassays. Proteomics and separationtechniques also allow for quantification of expression.

Expression Monitoring to Identify Compounds that Modify Gene Expression

In one embodiment, gene expression monitoring, i.e., an expressionprofile, is monitored simultaneously for a number of entities. Suchprofiles will typically involve one or more of the genes of FIG. 2. Inthis embodiment, e.g., cancer nucleic and probes are attached tobiochips to detect and quantify cancer sequences in a particular cell.Alternatively, PCR can be used. Thus, a series, e.g., wells of amicrotiter plate, can be used with dispensed primers in desired wells. APCR reaction can then be performed and analyzed for each well.

Expression monitoring is performed to identify compounds that modify theexpression of one or more cancer-associated sequences, e.g., apolynucleotide sequence set out in FIG. 2. Generally, a test modulatoris added to the cells prior to analysis. Moreover, screens are alsoprovided to identify agents that modulate cancer, modulate cancerproteins of the invention, bind to a cancer protein of the invention, orinterfere with the binding of a cancer protein of the invention and anantibody or other binding partner.

In one embodiment, high throughput screening methods involve providing alibrary containing a large number of potential therapeutic compounds(candidate compounds). Such “combinatorial chemical libraries” are thenscreened in one or more assays to identify those library members(particular chemical species or subclasses) that display a desiredcharacteristic activity. The compounds thus identified can serve asconventional “lead compounds,” as compounds for screening, or astherapeutics.

In certain embodiments, combinatorial libraries of potential modulatorsare screened for an ability to bind to a cancer polypeptide or tomodulate activity. Conventionality, new chemical entities with usefulproperties are generated by identifying a chemical compound (called a“lead compound”) with some desirable property or activity, e.g.,inhibiting activity, creating variants of the lead compound, andevaluating the property and activity of those variant compounds. Often,high throughput screening (HTS) methods are employed for such ananalysis.

As noted above, gene expression monitoring is conveniently used to testcandidate modulators (e.g., protein, nucleic acid or small molecule).After the candidate agent has been added and the cells allowed toincubate for a period, the sample containing a target sequence to beanalyzed is, e.g., added to a biochip.

If required, the target sequence is prepared using known techniques. Forexample, a sample is treated to lyse the cells, using known lysisbuffers, electroporation, etc, with purification and/or amplificationsuch as PCR performed as appropriate. For example, an in vitrotranscription with labels covalently attached to the nucleotides isperformed. Generally, the nucleic acids are labeled with biotin-FITC orPE, or with cy3 or cy5.

The target sequence can be labeled with, e.g., a fluorescent, achemiluminescent, a chemical, or a radioactive signal, to provide ameans of detecting the target sequence's specific binding to a probe.The label also can be an enzyme, such as alkaline phosphatase orhorseradish peroxidase, which when provided with an appropriatesubstrate produces a product that is detected. Alternatively, the labelis a labeled compound or small molecule, such as an enzyme inhibitor,that binds but is not catalyzed or altered by the enzyme. The label alsocan be a moiety or compound, such as an epitope tag or biotin whichspecifically binds to streptavidin. For the example of biotin, thestreptavidin is labeled as described above, thereby, providing adetectable signal for the bound target sequence. Unbound labeledstreptavidin is typically removed prior to analysis.

As will be appreciated by those in the art, these assays can be directhybridization assays or can comprise “sandwich assays”, which includethe use of multiple probes, as is generally outlined in U.S. Pat. Nos.5,681,702; 5,597,909; 5,545,730; 5,594,117; 5,591,584; 5,571,670;5,580,731; 5,571,670; 5,591,584; 5,624,802; 5,635,352; 5,594,118;5,359,100; 5,124, 246; and 5,681,697. In this embodiment, in general,the target nucleic acid is prepared as outlined above, and then added tothe biochip comprising a plurality of nucleic acid probes, underconditions that allow the formation of a hybridization complex.

A variety of hybridization conditions are used in the present invention,including high, moderate and low stringency conditions as outlinedabove. The assays are generally run under stringency conditions whichallow formation of the label probe hybridization complex only in thepresence of target. Stringency can be controlled by altering a stepparameter that is a thermodynamic variable, including, but not limitedto, temperature, formamide concentration, salt concentration, chactropicsalt concentration pH, organic solvent concentration, etc. Theseparameters may also be used to control non-specific binding, as isgenerally outlined in U.S. Pat. No. 5,681,697. Thus, it can be desirableto perform certain steps al higher stringency conditions to reducenon-specific binding.

The reactions outlined herein can be accomplished in a variety of ways.Components of the reaction can be added simultaneously, or sequentially,in different orders, with preferred embodiments outlined below. Inaddition, the reaction may include a variety of other reagents. Theseinclude salts, buffers, neutral proteins, e.g. albumin, detergents, etc.which can be used to facilitate optimal hybridization and detection,and/or reduce nonspecific or background interactions. Reagents dialotherwise improve the efficiency of the assay, such as proteaseinhibitors, nuclease inhibitors, anti-microbial agents, etc., may alsobe used as appropriate, depending on the sample preparation methods andpurity of the target. The assay data are analyzed to determine theexpression levels of individual genes, and changes in expression levelsas between states, forming a gene expression profile.

Biological Activity-related Assays

The invention provides methods identify or screen for a compound thatmodulates the activity of a cancer-related gene or protein of theinvention. The methods comprise adding a test compound, as definedabove, to a cell comprising a cancer protein of the invention. The cellscontain a recombinant nucleic acid that encodes a cancer protein of theinvention. In another embodiment, a library of candidate agents istested on a plurality of cells.

In one aspect, the assays are evaluated in the presence or absence orprevious or subsequent exposure of physiological signals, e.g. hormones,antibodies, peptides, antigens, cytokines, growth factors, actionpotentials, pharmacological agents including chemotherapeutics,radiation, carcinogenics, or other cells (i.e., celt-cell contacts). Inanother example, the determinations are made at different stages of thecell cycle process. In this way compounds that modulate genes orproteins of the invention are identified. Compounds with pharmacologicalactivity are able to enhance or interfere with the activity of thecancer protein of the invention. Once identified, similar structures areevaluated to identify critical structural features of the compound.

In one embodiment, a method of modulating (inhibiting) cancer celldivision is provided; the method comprises administration of a cancermodulator. In another embodiment, a method of modulating (e.g.,inhibiting) cancer is provided: the method comprises administration of acancer modulator. In a further embodiment, methods of treating cells orindividuals with cancer are provided; the method comprisesadministration of a cancer modulator.

In one embodiment, a method for modulating the status of a cell thatexpresses a gene of the invention is provided. As used herein statuscomprises such art-accepted parameters such as growth, proliferation,survival, function, apoptosis, senescence, location, enzymatic activity,signal transduction, etc, of a cell. In one embodiment, a cancerinhibitor is an antibody as discussed above. In another embodiment, thecancer inhibitor is an antisense molecule. A variety of cell growth,proliferation, and metastasis assays are known to those of skill in theart, as described herein.

High Throughput Screening to Identify Modulators

The assays to identify suitable modulators are amenable to highthroughput screening. Preferred assays thus detect enhancement orinhibition of cancer gene transcription, inhibition or enhancement ofpolypeptide expression, and inhibition or enhancement of polypeptideactivity.

In one embodiment, modulators evaluated in high throughput screeningmethods are proteins, often naturally occurring proteins or fragments ofnaturally occurring proteins. Thus, e.g., cellular extracts containingproteins, or random or directed digests of proteinaceous cellularextracts, are used. In this way, libraries of proteins are made forscreening in the methods of the invention. Particularly preferred inthis embodiment are libraries of bacterial, fungal, viral, and mammalianproteins, with the latter being preferred, and human proteins beingespecially preferred. Particularly useful test compound will be directedto the class of proteins to which the target belongs, e.g., substratesfor enzymes, or ligands and receptors.

Use of Soft Agar Growth and Colony Formation to Identify andCharacterize Modulators

Normal cells require a solid substrate to attach and grow. When cellsare transformed, they lose this phenotype and grow detached from thesubstrate. For example, transformed cells can grow in stirred suspensionculture or suspended in semi-solid media, such as semi-solid or softagar. The transformed cells, when transfected with tumor suppressorgenes, can regenerate normal phenotype and once again require a solidsubstrate to attach to and grow. Soft agar growth or colony formation inassays are used to identify modulators of cancer sequences, which whenexpressed in host cells, inhibit abnormal cellular proliferation andtransformation. A modulator reduces or eliminates the host cells'ability to grow suspended in solid or semisolid media, such as agar.

Techniques for soft agar growth or colony formation in suspension assaysare described in Freshney, Culture of Animal Cells a Manual of BasicTechnique (3rd ed., 1994),.See also, the methods section of Garkavtsevet al. 1996), supra.

Evaluation of Contact Inhibition and Growth Density Limitation toIdentify and Characterize Modulators

Normal cells typically grow in a flat and organized pattern in cellculture until they touch other cells, when the cells touch one another,they are contact inhibited and stop growing. Transformed cells, however,are not contact inhibited and continue to grow to high densities indisorganized foci. Thus, transformed cells grow b a higher saturationdensity than corresponding normal cells. This is defectedmorphologically by the formation of a disoriented monolayer of cells orcells in foci. Alternatively, labeling index with (³H)-thymidine atsaturation density is used to measure density limitation of growth,similarly an MTT or Alamar blue assay will reveal proliferation capacityof cells and the the ability of modulators to affect same. See Freshney(1994), supra. Transformed cells, when transfected with tumor suppressorgenes, can regenerate a normal phenotype and become contact inhibitedand would grow to a lower density.

In this assay, labeling index with ²H )-thymidine at saturation densityis a preferred method of measuring density limitation of growth.Transformed host cells are transfected with a cancer-associated sequenceand are grown for 24 hours at saturation density in non-limiting mediumconditions. The percentage of cells labeling with (^(S)H)-thymidine isdetermined by incorporated cpm.

Contact independent growth is used to identify modulators of cancersequences, which had led to abnormal cellular proliferation andtransformation. A modulator reduces or eliminates contact independentgrowth, and returns the cells to a normal phenotype.

Evaluation of Growth Factor or Serum Dependence to Identify andCharacterize Modulators

Transformed cells have lower serum dependence than their normalcounterparts (see, e.g., Tamin, J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 37:167-175 (1966);Eagle et al., J. Exp. Med 131:836-879 (1970)); Freshney, supra. This isin part due to release of various growth factors by the transformedcells. The degree of growth factor or serum dependence of transformedhost cells can be compared with that of control. For example, growthfactor or serum dependence of a cell is monitored in methods to identifyand characterize compounds that modulate cancer-associated sequences ofthe invention.

Use of Tumor-specific Marker Levels to Identify and CharacterizeModulators

Tumor cells release an increased amount of certain factors (hereinafter“tumor specific markers”) than their normal counterparts, For exam pie,plasminogen activator (PA) is released from human glioma at a higherlevel than from normal brain cells (see, e.g., Gullino, Angiogenesis,Tumor Vascularization, and Potential Interference with Tumor Growth, inBiological Responses in Cancer, pp, 178-184 (Mihich (ed.) 1985) ).Similarly, Tumor Angiogenesis Factor (TAF) is released at a higher levelin tumor cells than their normal counterparts. See, e.g., Folkman,Angiogenesis and Cancer, Sem Cancer Biol. (1992)), while bFGF isreleased from endothelial tumors (Ensoli, B et al).

Various techniques which measure the release of these factors aredescribed in Freshney (1994), supra. Also, see, Unkless et al., J. Biol,Chem. 249:4295-4305(1974); Strickland & Beers, J. Biol. Chem.251:5694-5702 (1976), Whur et al., Br. J. Cancer 42:305-312 (1980);Gullino, Angiogenesis, Tumor Vascularization, and Potential Interferencewith Tumor Growth, in Biological Responses in Cancer, pp, 178-184(Mihich (ed.) 1985): Freshney, Anticancer Res, 5:111-130 (1985). Forexample, tumor specific marker levels are monitored in methods toidentify and characterize compounds that modulate cancer-associatedsequences of the invention.

Invasiveness into Matrigel to Identify and Characterize Modulators

The degree of invasiveness into Matrigel or an extracellular matrixconstituent can be used as an assay to identify and characterizecompounds that modulate cancer associated sequences. Tumor cells exhibita positive correlation between malignancy and invasiveness of cells intoMatrigel or some other extracellular matrix, constituent. In this assay,tumorigenic cells are typically used as host cells. Expression of atumor suppressor gene in these host cells would decrease invasiveness ofthe host cells. Techniques described in Cancer Res. 1999; 59:6010;Freshney (1994), supra, can be used. Briefly, the level of invasion ofhost cells is measured by using filters coated with Matrigel or someother extracellular matrix constituent. Penetration into the gel, orthrough to the distal side of the filter, is rated as invasiveness, andrated histologically by number of cells and distance moved, or byprelabeling the cells with ¹²⁵1 and counting the radioactivity on thedistal side of the filter or bottom of the dish. See, e.g., Freshney(1984), supra.

Evaluation of Tumor Growth in Vivo to Identify and CharacterizeModulators

Effects of cancer-associated sequences on cell growth are tested intransgenic or immune-suppressed organisms. Transgenic organisms areprepared in a variety of art-accepted ways. For example, knock-outtransgenic organisms, e.g., mammals such as mice, are made, in which acancer gene is disrupted or in which a cancer gene is inserted.Knock-out transgenic mice are made by insertion of a marker gene orother heterologous gene into the endogenous cancer gene site in themouse genome via homologous recombination. Such mice can also be made bysubstituting the endogenous cancer gene with a mutated version of thecancer gene, or by mutating the endogenous cancer gene, e.g., byexposure to carcinogens.

To prepare transgenic chimeric animals, e.g., mice, a DNA construct isintroduced into the nuclei of embryonic stem cells. Cells containing thenewly engineered genetic lesion are injected into a host mouse embryo,which is re-implanted into a recipient female. Some of these embryosdevelop into chimeric mice that possess germ cells some of which arederived from the mutant cell line. Therefore, by breeding the chimericmice it is possible to obtain a new line of mice containing theintroduced genetic lesion (see, e.g., Capecchi et al., Science 244:1288(1989)). Chimeric mice can be derived according to U.S. Pat. No.6,386,797, issued 2 Apr. 2002; U.S. Pat. 6,107,540 issued 22 Aug. 2000;Hogan et al., Manipulating the Mouse Embryo: A laboratory Manual, ColdSpring Harbor Laboratory (1988) and Teratocarcinomas and Embryonic StemCells: A Practical Approach, Robertson, ed., IRL Press, Washington,D.C., (1987).

Alternatively, various immune-suppressed or immune-deficient hostanimals can be used, For example, a genetically athymic “nude” mouse(see, e.g., Giovanella et. al., J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 52:921 (1974)), aSCID mouse, a thymectomized mouse, or an irradiated mouse (see, e.g.,Bradley st al., Br. J. Cancer 38:263 (1978); Selby et al., Br. J. Cancer41:52 (1980)) can be used as a host. Transplantable tumor cells(typically about 10⁶ cells) injected into isogenic hosts produceinvasive tumors in a high proportion of cases, while normal cells ofsimilar origin will not. In hosts which developed invasive tumors, cellsexpressing cancer-associated sequences are injected subcutaneously ororthotopically. Mice are then separated into groups, including controlgroups and treated experimental groups) e.g. treated with a modulator).After a suitable length of time, preferably 4-8 weeks, tumor growth ismeasured (e.g., by volume or by its two largest dimensions, or weight)and compared to the control. Tumors that have statistically significantreduction (using, e.g., Student's T test) are said to have inhibitedgrowth.

In Vitro Assays to Identify and Characterize Modulators

Assays to identify compounds with modulating activity can be performedin vitro. For example, a cancer polypeptide is first contacted with apotential modulator and incubated for a suitable amount of time, e.g.,from 0.5 to 48hours. In one embodiment, the cancer polypeptide levelsare determined in vitro by measuring the level of protein or mRNA, Thelevel of protein is measured using immunoassays such as Westernblotting, ELISA and the like with an antibody that selectively binds tothe cancer polypeptide or a fragment thereof. For measurement of mRNA,amplification, e.g., using PCR, LCR, or hybridization assays, e. g.,Northern hybridization, RNAse protection, dot blotting, are preferred.The level of protein or mRNA is detected using directly or indirectlylabeled detection agents, e.g., fluorescently or radioactively labelednucleic acids, radioactively or enzymatically labeled antibodies, andthe like, as described herein.

Alternatively, a reporter gene system can be devised using a cancerprotein promoter operably linked to a reporter gene such as luciferase,green fluorescent protein, CAT, or P-gal. The reporter construct istypically transfected into a cell. After treatment with a potentialmodulator, the amount of reporter gene transcription, translation, oractivity is measured according to standard techniques known to those ofskill in the art (Davis G F, supra; Gonzalez, J. & Negulescu, P. Curr.Opin. Biotechnol. 1998:9:624).

As outlined above, in vitro screens are done on individual genes andgene products. That is, having identified a particular differentiallyexpressed gene as important in a particular state, screening ofmodulators of the expression of the gene or the gene product itself isperformed.

In one embodiment, screening for modulators of expression of specificgene(s) is performed. Typically, the expression of only one or a fewgenes is evaluated, in another embodiment, screens are designed to firstfind compounds that bind to differentially expressed proteins. Thesecompounds are then evaluated for the ability to modulate differentiallyexpressed activity. Moreover, once initial candidate compounds areidentified, variants can be further screened to better evaluatestructure activity relationships,

Binding Assays to Identify and Characterize Modulators

In binding assays in accordance with the invention, a purified orisolated gene product of the invention is generally used. For example,antibodies are generated to a protein of the invention, and immunoassaysare run to determine the amount and/or location of protein.Alternatively, cells comprising the cancer proteins are used in theassays.

Thus, the methods comprise combining a cancer protein of the inventionand a candidate compound such as a ligand, and determining the bindingof the compound, to the cancer protein of the invention. Preferredembodiments utilize the human cancer protein; animal models of humandisease of can also be developed and used. Also, other analogousmammalian proteins also can be used as appreciated by those of skill inthe art. Moreover, in some embodiments variant or derivative cancerproteins are used.

Generally, the cancer protein of the invention, or the ligand, isnon-diffusibly bound to an insoluble support. The support can. e.g., beone having isolated sample receiving areas (a microtiter plate, anarray, etc.). The insoluble supports can be made of any composition towhich the compositions can be bound, is readily separated from solublematerial, and is otherwise compatible with the overall method ofscreening. The surface of such supports can be solid or porous and ofany convenient shape.

Examples of suitable insoluble supports include microtiter plates,arrays, membranes and beads. These are typically made of glass, plastic(e.g., polystyrene), polysaccharide, nylon, nitrocellulose, or Teflon™,etc. Microliter plates and arrays are especially convenient because alarge number of assays can be carried out simultaneously, using smallamounts of reagents and samples. The particular manner of binding of thecomposition to the support is not crucial so long as it is compatiblewith the reagents and overall methods of the invention, maintains theactivity of the composition and is nondiffusable. Preferred methods ofbinding include the use of antibodies which do not sterically blockeither the ligand binding site or activation sequence when attaching theprotein to the support, direct binding to “sticky” or ionic supports,chemical crosslinking, the synthesis of the protein or agent on thesurface, etc. Following binding of the protein or ligand/binding agentto the support, excess unbound material is removed by washing. Thesample receiving areas may then be blocked through incubation withbovine serum albumin (BSA), casein or other innocuous protein or othermoiety.

Once a cancer protein of the invention is bound to the support, and atest compound is added to the assay. Alternatively, the candidatebinding agent is bound to the support and the cancer protein of theinvention is then added. Binding agents include specific antibodies,non-natural binding agents identified in screens of chemical libraries,peptide analogs, etc.

Of particular interest are assays to identify agents that have a lowtoxicity for human cells. A wide variety of assays can be used for thispurpose, including proliferation assays, cAMP assays, labeled in vitroprotein-protein binding assays, electropheretic mobility shift assays,immunoassays for protein binding, functional assays (phosphorylationassays, etc.) and the like.

A determination of binding of the test compound (ligand, binding agent,modulator, etc) to a cancer protein of the invention can be done in anumber of ways. The test compound can be labeled, and binding determineddirectly, e.g., by attaching all or a portion of the cancer protein ofthe invention to a solid support, adding a labeled candidate compound(e.g., a fluorescent label), washing off excess reagent, and determiningwhether the label is present on the solid support. Various blocking andwashing steps can be utilized as appropriate.

In certain embodiments, only one of the components is labeled, e.g., aprotein of the invention or ligands labeled. Alternatively, more thanone component is labeled with different labels, e.g., l¹²⁵, for theproteins and a fluorophor for the compound. Proximity reagents, e.g.,quenching or energy transfer reagents are also useful.

Competitive Binding to Identify and Characterize Modulators

in one embodiment, the binding of the “test compound” is determined bycompetitive binding assay with a “competitor.” The competitor is abinding moiety that binds to the target molecule (e.g., a cancer proteinof the invention). Competitors include compounds such as antibodies,peptides, binding partners, ligands, etc. Under certain circumstances,the competitive binding between the test compound and the competitordisplaces the test compound. In one embodiment, the test compound islabeled. Either the test compound, the competitor, or both, is added tothe protein for a time sufficient to allow binding. Incubations areperformed at a temperature that facilitates optimal activity, typicallybetween four and 40° C. Incubation periods are typically optimized,e.g., to facilitate rapid high throughput screening; typically betweenzero and one hour will be sufficient. Excess reagent is generallyremoved or washed away. The second component is then added, and thepresence or absence of the labeled component is followed, to indicatebinding.

In one embodiment, the competitor is added first, followed by the testcompound. Displacement of the competitor is an indication that the testcompound is binding to the cancer protein and thus is capable of bindingto, and potentially modulating, the activity of the cancer protein. Inthis embodiment, either component can be labeled. Thus, e.g., if thecompetitor is labeled, the presence of label in the post-test compoundwash solution indicates displacement by the test compound.Alternatively, if the test compound is labeled, the presence of thelabel on the support indicates displacement.

In an alternative embodiment, the test compound is added first, withincubation and washing, followed by the competitor. The absence ofbinding by the competitor indicates that the test compound binds to thecancer protein with higher affinity than the competitor. Thus, if thetest compound is labeled, the presence of the label on the support,coupled with a lack of competitor binding, indicates that the testcompound binds to and thus potentially modulates the cancer protein ofthe invention.

Accordingly, the competitive binding methods comprise differentialscreening to identity agents that are capable of modulating the activityof the cancer proteins of the invention. In this embodiment, the methodscomprise combining a cancer protein and a competitor in a first sample.A second sample comprises a test compound, the cancer protein, and acompetitor. The binding of the competitor is determined for bothsamples, and a change, or difference in binding between the two samplesindicates the presence of an agent capable of binding to the cancerprotein and potentially modulating its activity. That is, if the bindingof the competitor is different in the second sample relative to thefirst sample, the agent is capable of binding to the cancer protein.

Alternatively, differential screening is used to identify drugcandidates that bind to the native cancer protein, but cannot bind tomodified cancer proteins. For example the structure of the cancerprotein is modeled and used in rational drug design to synthesize agentsthat interact with that site, agents which generally do not bind tosite-modified proteins. Moreover, such drug candidates that affect theactivity of a native cancer protein are also identified by screeningdrugs for the ability to either enhance or reduce the activity of suchproteins.

Positive controls and negative controls can be used in the assays,Preferably control and test samples are performed in at least triplicateto obtain statisically significant results, incubation of all samplesoccurs for a time sufficient to allow for the binding of the agent tothe protein. Following incubation, samples are washed free ofnon-specifically bound material and the amount of bound, generallylabeled agent determined. For example, where a radio label is employed,the samples can be counted in a scintillation counter to determine theamount of bound compound.

A variety of other reagents can be included in the screening assays.These include reagents like salts, neutral proteins, e.g. albumin,detergents, etc, which are used to facilitate optimal protein-proteinbinding and/or reduce non-specific or background interactions. Alsoreagents that otherwise improve the efficiency of the assay, such asprotease inhibitors, nuclease inhibitors, anti-microbial agents, etc.,can be used. The mixture of components is added in an order thatprovides for the requisite binding.

Use of Polynucleotides to Down-regulate or Inhibit a Protein of theInvention

Polynucleotide modulators of cancer can be introduced into a cellcontaining the target nucleotide sequence by formation of a conjugatewith a ligand-binding molecule, as described in WO 91/04753. Suitableligand-binding molecules include, but are not limited to, cell surfacereceptors, growth factors, other cytokines, or other ligands that bindto cell surface receptors. Preferably, conjugation of the ligand bindingmolecule does not substantially interfere with the ability of the ligandbinding molecule to bind to its corresponding molecule or receptor, orblock entry of the sense or antisense oligonucleotide or its conjugatedversion into the cell. Alternatively, a polynucleotide modulator ofcancer can be introduced into a cell containing the target nucleic acidsequence, e.g., by formation of a polynucleotide-lipid complex, asdescribed in WO 90/10448. It is understood that the use of antisensemolecules or knock out and knock in models may also be used in screeningassays as discussed above, in addition to methods of treatment.

Inhibitory and Antisense Nucleotides

In certain embodiments, the activity of a cancer-associated protein isdown-regulated, or entirely inhibited, by the use of antisensepolynucleotide or inhibitory small nuclear RNA (snRNA), i.e., a nucleicacid complementary to, and which can preferably hybridize specificallyto, a coding mRNA nucleic acid sequence, e.g., a cancer protein of theinvention, mRNA, or a subsequence thereof. Binding of the antisensepolynucleotide Io the mRNA reduces the translation and/or stability ofthe mRNA.

In the context of This invention, antisense polynucleotides can comprisenaturally occurring nucleotides, or synthetic species formed fromnaturally occurring subunits or their close homologs. Antisensepolynucleotides may also have altered sugar moieties or inter-sugarlinkages. Exemplary among these are the phosphorothioate and othersulfur containing species which are known for use in the art. Analogsare comprised by this invention so long as they function effectively tohybridize with nucleotides of the invention. See, e.g., IsisPharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, Calif.; Sequitor, Inc., Natick, Mass.

Such antisense polynucleotides can readily be synthesized usingrecombinant means, or can be synthesized in vitro. Equipment for suchsynthesis is sold by several vendors, including Applied Biosystems. Thepreparation of other oligonucleotides such as phosphorothioates andalkylated derivatives is also well known to those of skill in the art,

Antisense molecules are used herein include antisense or senseoligonucleotides. Sense oligonucleotides can, e.g., be employed to blocktranscription by binding to the anti-sense strand. The antisense andsense oligonucleotide comprise a single stranded nucleic acid sequence(either RNA or DNA) capable of binding to target mRNA (sense) or DNA(antisense) sequences for cancer molecules. Antisense or senseoligonucleotides, according to the present invention, comprise afragment generally at least about 12 nucleotides, preferably from about12 to 30 nucleotides. The ability to derive an antisense or a senseoligonucleotide, based upon a cDNA sequence encoding a given protein isdescribed in, e.g., Stein & Cohen (Cancer Res. 45:2659 (1988 and van derKrol et al, (BioTechniques 6:958 (1988)).

Ribozymes

In addition to antisense polynucleotides, ribozymes can be used totarget and inhibit transcription of cancer-associated nucleotidesequences. A ribozyme is an RNA molecule that catalytically cleavesother RNA molecules. Different kinds of ribozymes have been described,including group I ribozymes, hammerhead ribozymes, hairpin ribozymes,RNase P. and axhead ribozymes (see, e.g., Castanotto et al., Adv. inPharmacology 25:289-317 (1994) for a general review of the properties ofdifferent ribozymes).

The general features of hairpin ribozymes are described, e.g., in Hampelet al., Nucl. Acids Res, 13:299-304 (1990); European Patent PublicationNo, 0360257; U.S. Pat. No. 5,254,678, Methods of preparing are wellknown to those of skill in the art (see, e.g., WO 94/26877; Ojwang etal., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 92:6340-6344 (1993): Yamada et al.,Human Gene Therapy 1:39-45 (1994); Leavitt et al., Proc Natl. Acad Sci,USA 92:699-703 (1995); Leavitt et al., Human Gene Therapy 5:1151-120(1994); and Yamada et al., Virology 205:121-125 (1994)).

Use of Modulators in Phenotypic Screening

In one embodiment, a test compound is administered to a population ofcancer cells, which have an associated cancer expression profile. By“administration” or “contacting” herein is meant that file modulator isadded to the cells in such a manner as to allow the modulator to actupon the cell, whether by uptake and intracellular action, or by actionat the cell surface. In some embodiments, a nucleic acid encoding aproteinaceous agent (i.e., a peptide) is put into a viral construct suchas an adenoviral or retroviral construct, and added to the cell, suchthat expression of the peptide agent is accomplished, e.g., PCTUS97/01019. Regulatable gene therapy systems can also be used. Once themodulator has been administered to the cells, the cells are washed ifdesired and are allowed to incubate under preferably physiologicalconditions for some period. The cells are then harvested and a new geneexpression profile is generated. Thus, e.g., cancer tissue is screenedfor agents that modulate, e.g., induce or suppress, the cancerphenotype. A change in at least one gene, preferably many, of theexpression prof le indicates that the agent has an effect on canceractivity. Similarly, altering a biological function or a signalingpathway is indicative of modulator activity, By defining such asignature for the cancer phenotype, screens for new drugs that alter thephenotype are devised. With this approach, the drug target need not bsknown and need not be represented in the original gene/proteinexpression screening platform, nor does the level of transcript for thetarget protein need to change. The modulator inhibiting function willserve as a surrogate marker

As outlined above, screens are done to assess genes or gene products.That is, having identified a particular differentially expressed gene asimportant in a particular state, screening of modulators of either theexpression of the gene or the gene product itself is performed.

Use of Modulators to Affect Peptides of the Invention

Measurements of cancer polypeptide activity, or of the cancer phenotypeare performed using a variety of assays. For example, the effects ofmodulators upon the function of a cancer polypeptide(s) are measured byexamining parameters described above. A physiological change thataffects activity is used to assess the influence of a test compound onthe polypeptides of this invention. When the functional outcomes aredetermined using intact cells or animals, a variety of effects can beassesses such as, in the case of a cancer associated with solid tumors,tumor growth, tumor metastasis, neovascularization, hormone release,transcriptional changes to both known and uncharacterized geneticmarkers (e.g., by Northern blots), changes in cell metabolism such ascell growth or pH changes, and changes in intracellular secondmessengers such as cGNIP.

Methods of Identifying Characterizing Cancer-associated Sequences

Expression of various gene sequences is correlated with cancer.Accordingly, disorders based on mutant or variant cancer genes aredetermined. In one embodiment, the invention provides methods foridentifying cells containing variant cancer genes, e.g., determining thepresence of, all or part, the sequence of at least one endogenous cancergene in a cell. This is accomplished using any number of sequencingtechniques. The invention comprises methods of identifying the cancergenotype of an Individual, e.g., determining ail or pad of the sequenceof at least one gene of the invention in the individual. This isgenerally done in at least one tissue of the individual, e.g., a tissueset forth in Table I, and may include the evaluation of a number oftissues or different samples of the same tissue. The method may includecomparing the sequence of the sequenced gene to a known cancer gene,i.e., a wild-type gene to determine the presence of family members,homologies, mutations or variants. The sequence of all or part of thegene can then be compared to the sequence of a known cancer gene todetermine if any differences exist. This is done using any number ofknown homology programs, such as BLAST, Bestfit, etc. The presence of adifference in the sequence between the cancer gene of the patient andthe known cancer gene correlates with a disease state or a propensityfor a disease state, as outlined herein.

In a preferred embodiment, the cancer genes are used as probes todetermine the number of copies of the cancer gene in the genome Thecancer genes are used as probes to determine the chromosomallocalization of the cancer genes. Information such as chromosomallocalization finds use in providing a diagnosis or prognosis inparticular when chromosomal abnormalities such as translocations, andthe like are identified in the cancer gene locus.

XIV) Kits/Articles of Manufacture

For use in the laboratory, prognostic, prophylactic, diagnostic andtherapeutic applications described herein, kits are within the scope ofthe invention. Such kits can comprise a carrier, package, or containerthat is compartmentalized to receive one or more containers such asvials, tubes, and the like, each of the container(s) comprising one ofthe separate elements to be used in the method, along with a label orinsert comprising instructions for use, such as a use described herein.Fur example, the container(s) can comprise a probe thai is or can bedetectably labeled. Such probe can be an antibody or polynucleotidespecific for a protein or a gene or message of the invention,respectively. Where the method utilizes nucleic acid hybridization todetect the target nucleic acid, the kit can also have containerscontaining nucleotide(s) for amplification of the target nucleic acidsequence. Kits can comprise a container comprising a reporter, such as abiotin-binding protein, such as avidin or streptavidin, bound to areporter molecule, such as an enzymatic, fluorescent, or radioisotopelabel; such a reporter can be used with, e.g., a nucleic acid orantibody. The kit can include all or part of the amino acid sequences inFIG. 2 or FIG. 3 or analogs thereof, or a nucleic acid molecule thatencodes such amino acid sequences.

The kit of the invention wilt typically comprise the container describedabove and one or more other containers associated therewith thatcomprise materials desirable from a commercial and user standpointincluding buffers, diluents, filters, needles, syringes; carrier,package, container, vial and/or tube labels listing contents and/orinstructions for use, and package inserts with instructions for use.

A label can be present on or with the container to indicate that thecomposition is used for a specific therapy or non-therapeuticapplication, such as a prognostic, prophylactic, diagnostic orlaboratory application, and can also indicate directions for either invivo or in vitro use, such as those described herein. Directions and orother information can also be included on an insert(s) or label(s) whichis included with or on the kit. The label can be on or associated withthe container. A label a can be on a container when letters, numbers orother characters forming the label are molded or etched into thecontainer itself, a label can be associated with a container when it ispresent within a receptacle or carrier that also holds the container,e.g., as a package insert. The label can indicate that the compositionis used for diagnosing, treating, prophylaxing or prognosing acondition, such as a neoplasia of a tissue set forth in Table I.

The terms “kit” and “article of manufacture” can be used as synonyms.

In another embodiment of the invention, an article(s) of manufacturecontaining compositions, such as amino acid sequence(s), smallmolecule(s), nucleic acid sequencers), and/or antibody(s), e.g.,materials useful for the diagnosis, prognosis, prophylaxis and/ortreatment of neoplasias of tissues such as those set forth in Table I isprovided. The article of manufacture typically comprises at least onecontainer and at least one label. Suitable containers include, forexample, bottles, vials, syringes, and teat tubes. The containers can beformed from a variety of materials such as glass, metal or plastic. Thecontainer can hold amino acid sequence(s), small molecule(s), nucleicacid sequence(i) cell population(s) and/or antibody(s). In oneembodiment, the container holds a polynucleotide for use in examiningthe mRNA expression profile of a cell, together with reagents used forthis purpose. In another embodiment a container comprises an antibody,binding fragment thereof or specific binding protein for use inevaluating protein expression of 282P1G3 in cells and tissues, or forrelevant laboratory, prognostic, diagnostic, prophylactic andtherapeutic purposes, indications and/or directions for such uses can beincluded on or with such container, as can reagents and othercompositions or tools used for these purposes. In another embodiment, acontainer comprises materials for eliciting a cellular or humoral immuneresponse, together with associated indications and/or directions. Inanother embodiment, a container comprises materials for adoptiveimmunotherapy, such as cytotoxic T cells (CTL) or helper T cells (HTL),together with associated indications and/or directions; reagents andother compositions or tools used for such purpose can also be included.

The container can alternatively hold a composition that is effective fortreating, diagnosis, prognosing or prophylaxing a condition and can havea sterile access port (for example the container can be an intravenoussolution bag or a vial having a stopper pierceable by a hypodermicinjection needle). The active agents in the composition can be anantibody capable of specifically binding 282P1G3 and modulating thefunction of 282P1G3.

The article of manufacture can further comprise a second containercomprising a pharmaceutically-acceptable buffer, such asphosphate-buffered saline, Ringer's solution and/or dextrose solution.It can further include other materials desirable from a commercial anduser standpoint, including other buffers, diluents, filters, stirrers,needles, syringes, and/or package inserts with indications and/orinstructions for use.

EXAMPLES

Various aspects of the invention are further described and illustratedby way of the several examples thai follow, none of which is intended tolimit the scope of the invention.

EXAMPLE 1 SSH-Generated Isolation of cDNA Fragment of the 202P5A5 Gene

To isolate genes that are over-expressed in prostate cancer theSuppression Subtracts Hybridization (SSH) procedure was performed usingcDNA derived from prostate cancer tissues. The 202A5A5 SSH cDNA sequencewas derived from prostate tumor minus cDNAs derived from normalprostate. The 202P5A5 cDNA was identified as highly expressed inprostate cancer as well as in other cancers listed in Table I.

Materials and Methods

Human Tissues:

The patient cancer and normal tissues were purchased from differentsources such as the NDRI (Philadelphia, Pa.). mRNA for some normaltissues was purchased from Clontech, Palo Alto, Calif.

RNA Isolation:

Tissues were homogenized in Trizol reagent (Life Technologies, GibcoBRL) using 10 mg/g tissue to isolate total RNA. Poly A RNA was purifiedfrom total RNA using Qiagen's Oligotex mRNA Mini and Midi kits. Totaland mRNA were quantified by spectrophotometric analysis (O.D. 280/280nm) and analyzed by gel electrophoresis.

Oligonucleotides:

The following HPLC purified oligonucleotides were used. DPNCDN (cDNAsynthesis primer): (SEQ ID NO: 28) 5′TTTTGATCAAGCTT₃₀3′ Adaptor 1: (SEQID NO: 29) 5′CTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCTCGAGCGGCCGCCCGGGCAG3′ (SEQ ID NO:30) 3′GGCCCGTCCTAG5′ Adaptor 2: (SEQ ID NO: 31)5′GTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGCAGCGTGGTCGCGGCCGAG3′ (SEQ ID NO: 32)3′CGGCTCCTAG5′ PCR primer 1: (SEQ ID NO: 33) 5′CTAATACGACTCACTATAGGGC3′Nested primer (NP)1: (SEQ ID NO: 34) 5′TCGAGCGGCCGCCCGGGCAGGA3′ Nestedprimer (NP)2: (SEQ ID NO: 35) 5′AGCGTGGTCGCGGCCGAGGA3′

Suppression Subtractive Hybridization:

Suppression Sub-tractive Hybridization (SSH) was used to identify cDNAscorresponding to genes that may be differentially expressed in prostatecancer. The SSH reaction utilized cDNA from prostate cancer and normaltissues.

The gene 202P5A5 sequence was derived from prostate cancer minus normalprostate cDNA subtraction. The SSH DNA sequence (FIG. 1) was identified.

The cDNA derived from normal prostate mixed with a pool ft 9 normaltissues was used as the source of the “driver” cDNA, while the cDNA fromprostate cancer was used as the source of the “tester” cDNA. Doublestranded cDNAs corresponding to tester and driver cDNAs were synthesizedfrom 2 μg of poly (A)* RNA isolated from the relevant xenograft tissue,as described above, using CLONTECH's PCR-Select cDNA Subtraction Kit and1 μg of oligonucleotide DPNCDN as primer. First- and second-strandsynthesis were carried out as described in the Kit's user manualprotocol (CLONTECH Protocol No. PT1117-1, Catalog No. K1804-1). Theresulting cDNA was digested with Dpn II for 3 hrs at 37°° C. DigestedcDNA was extracted with phenol/chloroform (1:1) and ethanolprecipitated.

Driver cDNA was generated by combining in a 1:1 ratio Dpn II digestedcDNA from normal prostate with a mix of digested cDNAs derived from thenine normal tissues: stomach, skeletal muscle, lung, brain, liver,kidney, pancreas, small intestine, and heart.

Tester cDNA was generated by diluting 1 μl of Dpn II digested cDNA fromprostate cancer 400 ng) in 5 μl of water. The diluted cDNA (2 μl, 180ng) was then ligated to 2 μl of Adaptor 1 and Adaptor 2 (10 μM), inseparate ligation reactions, in a total volume of 10 μl at 16° C.overnight, using 400 u of T4 DNA ligase (CLONTECH). Ligation wasterminated with 1 μl of 0.2 M EDTA and heating at 72° C. for 5 min.

The first hybridization was performed by adding 1.5 μl (800 ng) ofdriver cDNA to each of two tubes containing 1.5 μl (20 ng) Adaptor 1-and Adaptor 2-ligated tester cDNA. In a final volume of 4 μl, thesamples were overlaid with mineral oil, denatured in an MJ Researchthermal cycler at 98° C. for 1.5 minutes, and then were allowed tohybridize for 8 hrs at 68° C. The two hybridizations were then mixedtogether with an additional 1 μl of fresh denatured driver cDNA and wereallowed to hybridize overnight at 658° C. The second hybridization wasthen diluted in 200 μl of 20 mM Hepes, pH 8.3, 50 mM NaCl, 0.2 mM EDTA,heated at 70° C. for 7 min. and stored at −20° C.

PCR Amplification, Cloning and Sequencing of Gene Fragments Generatedfrom SSH:

To amplify gene fragments resulting from SSH reactions, two PC-Ramplifications were performed, in the primary PCR reaction 1 μl of thediluted final hybridization mix was added to 1 μl of PCR primer 1 (10μM),0.5 μl dNTP mix (10 μM), 2.5 μl 10 x reaction buffer (CLONTECH) and0.5 μl 50×Advantage cDNA polymerase Mix (CLONTECH) in a final volume of25 μl. PCR 1 was conducted using the following conditions: 75° C. for 5min., 94° C. for 25 sec., then 27 cycles of 94° C. for 10 sec, 66° C.for 30 sec, 72° C. for 1.5 min. Five separate primary PCR reactions wereperformed for each experiment. The products were pooled and diluted 1:10with water. For the secondary PCR reaction, 1 μl from the pooled anddiluted primary PCR reaction was added to the same reaction mix as usedfor PCR 1, except that primers NP1 and NP2 (10 μM) were used instead ofPCR primer 1. PCR 2 was performed using 10-12 cycles of 94° C. for 10sec, 68° C. for 30 sec, and 72° C. for 1.5 minutes. The PCR productswere analyzed using 2% agarose gel electrophoresis.

The PCR products were inserted into pCR2.1 using the T/A vector cloningkit (Invitrogen). Transformed E. coli were subjected to blue/white andampicillin selection. White colonies were picked and arrayed into 96well plates and were grown in liquid culture overnight. To identifyinserts, PCR amplification was performed on 1 μl of bacterial cultureusing the conditions of PCR1 and NP1 and NP2 as primers. PCR productswere analyzed using 2% agarose gel electrophoresis.

Bacterial clones were stored in 20% glycerol in a 95 well format.Plasmid DNA, was prepared, sequenced, and subjected to nucleic acidhomology searches of the GenBank, dBest, and NCl-CGAP databases.

RT-PCR Expression Analysis:

First strand cDNAs can be generated from 1 of mRNA with oligo (dT) 12-18priming using the Gibco-BRL Superscript Preemplification system. Themanufacturer's protocol was used which included an incubation for 50 minat42° C. with reverse transcriptase followed by RNAse H treatment at 37°C. for 20 min. After completing the reaction, the volume can beincreased to 200 μl with water prior to normalization. First strandcDNAs from 16 different normal human tissues can be obtained fromClontech.

Normalization of the first strand cDNAs from multiple tissues wasperformed by using the primers 5′atatcgccgcgctcglcgtcgacaa3′ (SEQ ID NO:36) and 5′agccacacgcagctcattgtagaagg 3′ (SEQ ID NO: 37) to amplifyβ-actin. First strand cDNA (5 μl) were amplified in a total volume of 50μl containing 0.4 μM primers, 0.2 μM each dNTPs, 1XPCR buffer (Clontech,10 mM Tris-HCL, 1.5 mM MgCl₂, 50 mM KCl, pH 8.3) and 1× Klentaq DNApolymerase (Clontech). Five μl of the PCR reaction can be removed at 18,20, and 22 cycles and used for agarose gel electrophoresis. PCR wasperformed using an MJ Research thermal cycler under the followingconditions: Initial denaturation can be at 94° C. for 15 sec, followedby a 18, 20, and 22cycles of 94° C. for 15, 65° C. for 2 min, 72° C. for5 sec. A final extension at 72° C. was carried out for 2 min. Afteragarose gel electrophoresis, the band intensities of the 283 b.p.μ-actin bands from multiple tissues were compared by visual inspection.Dilution factors for the first strand cDNAs were calculated to result inequal μ-actin band intensities in all tissues after 22 cycles of PCR.Three rounds of normalization can be required to achieve equal bandintensities in all tissues after 22 cycles of PCR.

To determine expression levels of the 202P5A5 gene, 5 μl of normalizedfirst strand cDNA were analyzed by PCR using 26, and 30 cycles ofamplification. Semi-quantitative expression analysis can be achieved bycomparing the PCR products at cycle numbers that give light bandintensities. The primers used for RT-PCR were designed using the 202P5A5SSH sequence and are listed below: 202P5A5.1 5′-CATTTCACATGTCCATGATCTTCC -3′ (SEQ ID NO: 38) 202P5A5.2 5′-CTTTGATGTGTCCGCTGTGTATGT -3′ (SEQ ID NO: 39)

A typical RT-PCR expression analysis is shown in FIG. 14A. First strandcDNA was prepared from vital pool 1 (liver, lung and kidney), vital pool2 (pancreas, colon and stomach), prostate cancer metastasis to lymphnode, prostate cancer pool, bladder cancer pool, colon cancer pool, lungcancer pool, breast cancer pool, and cancer metastasis pool.Normalization was performed by PCR using primers to actin and GAPDH.Semi-quantitative PCR, using primers to 202A5A5, was performed at 25 and30 cycles of amplification. Expression was detected in prostate cancermetastasis to lymph node, prostate cancer pool, bladder cancer pool,colon cancer pool, lung cancer pool, breast cancer pool, and cancermetastasis pool. Low expression was also defected in vital pool 1 butnot in vital pool 2.

EXAMPLE 2 Full Length Cloning of 202P5A5

The 202P5A5 SSH cDNA sequence was derived from a substraction consistingof prostate cancer minus normal prostate. The SSH cDNA sequence of 186bp (FIG. 1) was designated 202A5A5.

202P5A5 v.3 of 4973 bp was cloned from a pool of bladder cancer cDNAlibrary, revealing an ORF of 609 amino acids (FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 ). Othervariants of 202P5A5 were also identified and these ana listed in FIG. 2and FIG. 3.

202P5A5 v.1, v.4, v.5, v.6, and v.8 proteins are 609 amino acids inlength and differ from each other by one amino acid as shown in FIG. 11.202P5A5 v.7 and v.9 through v.26, are SNP variants and code for the sameprotein as 202P5A5 v.1. 202P5A5 v.2 is a splice variant adding extra 15amino acids to the amino terminus of v.1 and thereby codes for a 625amino acids protein.

202P5A5 v.1 shows 99% identity over 609 nucleotides, and 99% identityover 609 amino acids, to cDNA FLJ13782, a gene similar to gene cedingfor Grainy Head protein. 202P5A5 v.2 shows 99% identity over 4792nucleotides, and 99% identity over 625 amino acids., to cDNA FLJ13782.

EXAMPLE 3 Chromosomal Mapping of 202P5A5

Chromosomal localization can implicate genes in disease pathogenesis.Several chromosome mapping approaches are known in the art includingfluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH), human/hamster radiation hybrid(RH) panels (Walter et al., 1994; Nature Genetics 7:22; ResearchGenetics. Huntsville Ala.), human-rodent somatic cell hybrid panelsavailable from the Cornell Institute (Camden, N.J.), and genomic viewersutilizing BLAST homologies to sequenced and mapped genomic clones (NCBl,Bethesda, Md.).

Accordingly, 202P5A5 maps to chromosome Bq22.3 using 202P5A5 sequenceand the NCBI BLAST tool located on the World Wide Web at(.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genom/seq/page.cgi?F=HsBlast.html&&ORG=Hs).

EXAMPLE 4 Expression Analysis of 202P5A5 in Normal Tissues and PatientSpecimens

Expression analysis by RT-PCR demonstrated that 202P5A5 is stronglyexpressed in patient cancer specimens (FIG. 14). In FIG. 14A, firststrand cDNA was prepared from vital pool 1 (liver, lung and kidney),vital pool 2 (pancreas, colon and stomach), prostate cancer metastasisto lymph node, prostate cancer pool, bladder cancer pool, colon cancerpool, lung cancer pool, breast cancer pool, and cancer metastasis pool.Normalization was performed by PCR using primers to actin and GAPDH.Semi-quantitative PCR, using primers to 202P5A5, was performed at 26 and30 cycles of amplification. Expression was detected in prostate cancermetastasis to lymph node, prostate cancer pool, bladder cancer pool,colon cancer pool, lung cancer pool, breast cancer pool, aid cancermetastasis pool. Low expression was detected in vital pool 1 but not invital pool 2.

In FIG. 14B, semi-quantitative PCR, using primers to 202P5A5, wasperformed on a panel of 13 normal tissues and 13 cancer pools. Sampleswere run on an agarose gel, and PCR products were quantitated using theAlphaImager software. Results show strong expression of 202P5A5 inprostate cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer, ovarycancer, breast cancer, metastasis cancer, xenograft pool, prostatemetastasis to lymph node (PMLN), bone cancer/melanoma pool, cervicalcancer, lymphoma and stomach cancer compared to all normal tissuestested.

In order to assay relative expression of 202P5A5 v.2 compared to theother variants, primers were designed spanning the 80 bp insertion atposition 32-92 of 202P5A5 v.3 (FIG. 15), 202P5A5 v.2 leads to a PCRproduct of 173 base pairs in size, whereas other 202P5A5 variants leadto a PCR product of 233 base pairs in size. First strand cDNA wasprepared from vital pool 1 (liver, lung and kidney), vital pool 2(pancreas, colon and stomach), LAPC prostate xenograft pool (LAPC-4AD.LAPC-4AI, LAPC-9AD and LAPC-9AI), prostate cancer pool, bladder cancerpool, lung cancer pool, ovary cancer pool, breast cancer pool, cancermetastasis pool, cervical cancer pool, stomach cancer pool, uteruscancer pool, and master xenograft pool (LAPC xenograft pool, bladdercancer xenograft, kidney cancer xenograft). Normalization was performedby PCR using primers to actin and GAPDH, Semi-quantitative PCR, usingthe variant specific primers was performed at 26 and 30 cycles ofamplification. Stronger expression of the 173 bp product was detected inail cancer pools tested and weakly in vital pools. The larger 233 bpproduct was mostly detected in the cancer pools and not in the vitaltissues, and at a frequency of 20-50% compared to the smaller product

Extensive expression of 202P5A5 in normal tissues is shown in FIG. 16.Two multiple tissue northern blots (Clontech) both with 1 μg ofmRNA/lane were probed with the 202P5A5 sequence. Size standards inkilobases (kb) are indicated on the side. Results show expression of anapproximately 7 kb 202P5A5 transcript in normal prostate and normalplacenta but not in any other normal tissue tested.

Expression of 202P5A5 in prostate cancer patient specimens is shown inFIG. 17. RNA was extracted from prostate cancer xenografts (LAPC-4AD,LAPC-4AI, LAPC-9AD, and LAPC-9AI), prostate cancer cell lines (LNCaP andPC3), normal prostate (N), and prostate cancer patient tumors (T).Northern blots with 10 μg of total RNA were probed with the 202P5A5 SSHfragment. Size standards in kilobases are on the side. Results showexpression of 202P5A5 in all prostate cancer specimens tested as well asin the normal prostate, prostate cancer xenografts and LNCaP, but not inthe PC3 cell line.

Expression of 202P5A5 was also detected in bladder cancer patientspecimens (FIG. 18). RNA was extracted from bladder cancer cell Sines(CL), normal bladder (N), bladder cancer patient tumors (T) as well astheir adjacent normal tissues (Nat). Northern blots with 10 μg of totalRNA were probed with the 202P5A5 sequence. Size standards in kilobasesare on the side. Results show expression of 202P5A5 in all bladdercancer patient tumor specimens tested but not in normal bladder.Expression was also detected in SCABER hut not in the other cancer celllines tested.

FIG. 19 shows expression of 202P5A5 in breast cancer patient specimens,RNA was extracted from breast cancer cell lines (CL), normal breast (N),breast cancer patient tumors (T), and breast cancer metastasis specimens(M), Northern blots with 10 μg of total RNA were probed with the 202P5A5sequence. Size standards in kilobases are on the side. Results showexpression of 202P5A5 in the breast cancer patient tumors and metastasisspecimens. Expression was also detected in MCF-7 and CAMA-1 but not inthe DU4475 cell line. Weaker expression was detected in normal breast.

FIG. 20 shows expression of 202P5A5 in colon and cervical cancer patientspecimens. First strand cDNA was prepared from a panel of patient cancerspecimens. Normalization was performed by PCR using primers to actin.Semi-quantitative PCR, using primers to 202P5A5, was performed at 26 and30 cycles of amplification. Samples were run on an agarose gel, and PCRproducts were quantitated using the Alpha Imager software. Expressionwas recorded as absent, low, medium or strong, Results show expressionof 202P5A5 in the majority of the colon and cervical cancer patientspecimens tested.

The restricted expression of 202P5A5 in normal tissues and theexpression detected in cancer patient specimens suggest that 202P5A5 isa potential therapeutic target and a diagnostic prognostic, and/orpreventative marker for human cancers.

EXAMPLE 5 Transcript Variants of 202P5A5

Transcript variants are variants of mature mRNA from the same gene whicharise by alternative transcription or alternative splicing. Alternativetranscripts are transcripts from the same gene but start transcriptionat different points. Splice variants are mRNA variants spliceddifferently from the same transcript. In eukaryotes, when a multi-exongene is transcribed from genomic DNA, the initial RNA is spliced toproduce functional mRNA, which has only exons and is used fortranslation into an amino acid sequence. Accordingly, a given gene canhave zero to many alternative transcripts and each transcript can havezero to many splice variants, Each transcript variant has a unique exonmakeup, and can have different coding and/or non-coding (5′ or 3′ end)portions, from the original transcript. Transcript variants can code forsimilar or different proteins with the same or a similar function or canencode proteins with different functions, and can be expressed in thesame tissue at the same time, or in different tissues at the same time,or in the same tissue at different times, or in different tissues atdifferent times, Proteins encoded by transcript variants can havesimilar or different cellular or extracellular localizations, e.g.,secreted versus intracellular.

Transcript variants are identified by a variety of art-accepted methods.For example, alternative transcripts and splice variants are identifiedby full-length cloning experiments, or by use of full-length transcriptand EST sequences. First all human ESTs were grouped into clusters whichshow direct or indirect identity with each other. Second, ESTs in thesame cluster were further grouped into sub-clusters and assembled into aconsensus sequence. The original gene sequence is compared to theconsensus sequence(s) or other full-length sequences. Each consensussequence is a potential splice variant for that gene. Even when avariant is identified that is not a full-length clone, that portion ofthe variant is very useful for antigen generation and for furthercloning of the full-length splice variant, using techniques known tothose skilled in the art.

Moreover, computer programs are available to those skilled in the art inat identify transcript variants based on genomic sequences,Genomic-based transcript variant identification programs include FgenesH(A. Salamov and V. Solovyev, “Ab initio gene finding in Drosophilagenomic DNA,” Genome Research. 2000 April;10(4):516-22), Grail (URLdompgio.oml.gov/Grail-bin/EmptyGrailForm) and GenScan(URL.genes.mit.edu/GENSCAN.html). For a general discussion of splicevariant identification protocols see., e.g., Southan, C., A genomicperspective on human proteases, FEBS Lett, 2001 Jun. 8; 498 (2-3):214-8;de Souza, S. J., et al., identification of human chromosome 22transcribed sequences with ORF expressed sequence tags, Proc. Natl AcadSci USA. 2000 Nov 7; 97 (23):12890-3.

To further confirm the parameters of a transcript variant, a variety oftechniques are available in the art, such as full-length cloning,proteomic validation, PCR-based validation, and 5′ RACE validation, etc.(see e.g., Proteomic Validation: Brennan, S. O., et al., Albumin bankspeninsula: a new termination variant characterized by electrospray massspectrometry, Biochem Biophys Acta. 1999 Aug 17;1433(1-2):321-6;Ferranti P, et al., Differential splicing of pre-messenger RNA producesmultiple forms of mature caprine alpha(s1)-casein, Eur J Biochem. 1997Oct 1; 249 (1):1-7. For PCR-based Validation: Wellmann S, et al.,Specific reverse transcription-PCR quantification of vascularendothelial growth factor (VEGF) splice variants by LightCyclertechnology, Clin Chem. 2001 Apr, 47 (4):654-60, Jia, H. P., et al.,Discovery of new human beta-defensins using a genomics-based approach,Gene. 2001 Jan. 24; 2631-2):211-8. For PCR-based and 5′ RACE Validation;Brigle, K. E., et el., Organization of the murine reduced folate carriergene and identification of variant splice forms, Biochem Biophys Acta.1997 Aug. 7; 1353(2): 191-8).

It is known in the art that genomic regions are modulated in cancers.When the genomic region to which a gene maps is modulated in aparticular cancer, the alternative transcripts or splice variants of thegene are modulated as well. Disclosed herein is that 202P5A5 has aparticular expression profile related to cancer (See, Table I).Alternative transcripts and splice variants of 202P5A5 may also beinvolved in cancers in the same or different tissues, thus serving astumor-associated markers/antigens.

Using the full-length gene and EST sequences, two additional transcriptvariants were identified, designated as 202P5A5 v.2 and v.3. Theboundaries of exons in the original transcript, 202P5A5 v.1 are shown inTable LI. The structures of the transcript variants are shown in FIG.10. Variant 202P5A5 v.2 added an exon to the 5′ end of variant v.1.Variants v.3 further extended exon 1 of v.2 into intron 1.

Tables LII(a)-(b) through LV(a)-(b) are set forth on avariant-by-variant bases. LII(a)-(b) shows nucleotide sequence of thetranscript variant. Table LIII(a)-(b) shows the alignment of thetranscript variant with nucleic acid sequence of 202P5A5 v.1. TableLIV(a)-(b) lays out amino acid translation of the transcript variant forthe identified reading frame orientation. Table LV(a)-(b) lays out aminoand translation of the transcript variant for the identified readingframe 202P5A5 v.1.

EXAMPLE 6 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms of 202P5A5

A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) is a single base pair variationin a nucleotide sequence at a specific location. At any given point ofthe genome, there are four possible nucleotide base pairs: A/T, C/G, G/Cand T/A. Genotype refers to the specific base pair sequence of one ormore locations in the genome of an individual. Haplotype refers to thebase pair sequence of more than one location on the same DNA molecule(or the same chromosome in higher organisms), often in the context ofone gene or in the context of several tightly linked genes. SNPs thatoccur on a cDNA are called cSNP. This cSNPs may change amino acids of(he protein encoded by the gene and thus change the functions of theprotein. Some SNP cause inherited diseases; others contribute toquantitative variations in phenotype and reactions to environmentalfactors including diet and drugs among individuals. Therefore, SNPand/or combinations of alleles (called haplotypes) have manyapplications, including diagnosis of inherited diseases, determinationof drug reactions and dosage, identification of genes responsible fordiseases, and analysis of the genetic relationship between individuals(P. Nowotny, J. M. Kwon and A. M. Goate, “SNP analysis to dissect humantraits,” Curr. Opin. Neurobiol. 2001 October; 11(5):637-641; M.Pirmohamed and B. K. Park, “Genetic susceptibility to adverse drugreactions,” Trends Pharmacol. Sci, 2001 June: 22(6);298-305 ; J. H.Riley, C. J. Allan, E. Lai and A. Roses, “The use of single nucleotidepolymorphisms in the isolation of common disease genes,”Pharmacogenomics. 2000 February; 1(1):39-47; R. Judson, J. C. Stephensand A. Windemuth, “The predictive power of haplotypes in clinicalresponse,” Pharmacogenomics. 2000 February; 1(1):15-26).

SNPs are identified by a variety of art-accepted methods (P. Bean, “Thepromising voyage of SNP target discovery,” Am. Clin. Lab. 2001October-November; 20(9): 18-20; K. M. Weiss, “In search of humanvariation,” Genome Res. 1993 July; 3(7):691-697; M. M. She, “Enablinglarge-scale pharmacogenetic studies by high-throughput mutationdetection and genotyping technologies,” Clin. Chem. 2001 February;47(2):164-172). For example, SNPs can be identified by sequencing DNAfragments thai show polymorphism by gel-based methods such asrestriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and denaturing gradientgel electrophoresis (DGGE). They can also be discovered by directsequencing of DNA samples pooled from different individuals or bycomparing sequences from different DNA samples. With the rapidaccumulation of sequence data in public and private databases, one candiscover SNPs by comparing sequences using computer programs (Z. Gu, L,Hiller and P. Y. Kwok, “Single nucleotide polymorphism hunting incyberspace,” Hum. Mutat. 1998; 12(4):221-225), SNPs can be verified andgenotype or haplotype of an individual can be determined by a variety ofmethods including direct sequencing and high throughput microarrays (P.Y. Kwok, “Methods for genotyping single nucleotide polymorphisms,” Annu.Rev. Genomics Hum. Genet. 2001 1; 2:235-258; M. Kokoris, K, Dix, K,Moynihan, J, Mathis, B. Erwin, P, Grass, 8. Hines and A. Duesterhoeft“High-throughput SNP genotyping with the Mass-code system,” Mol. Diagn.2000 December; 5(4);329-340). Using the methods described above,twenty-four SNPs were identified in the transcript, 202P5A5 v.1, asshown in Table LVI. The transcripts or proteins with alternative alleleswere designated as variant 202P5A5 v.4 through v.26, as shown in TableLVI and FIG. 12. Table LVI also lists the amino acid changes of proteinsequence in the corresponding transcript variants v.2 and v.3. Thesealleles of the SNP, though shown separately here, can occur in differentcombinations (haplotypes) and in any one of the transcript variants(such as 202P5A5 v.2 and v.3, as listed in table LVI) that contains thesite of the SNP, as set forth in FIGS. 11 and 12.

EXAMPLE 7 Production of Recombinant 202P5A5 in Prokaryotic Systems

To express recombinant 202P5A5 and 202P5A5 variants in prokaryoticcells, the full or partial length 202P5A5 and 202P5A5 variant cDNAsequences are cloned into any one of a variety of expression vectorsknown in the art. One or more of the following regions of 202P5A5variants are expressed: the full length sequence presented in FIGS. 2and 3, or any 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 or more contiguous amino acids from202P5A5, variants, or analogs thereof.

A. In vitro transcription and translation constructs:

pCRII: To generate 202P5A5 sense and anti-sense RNA probes for RNA insitu investigations, pCRII constructs (Invitrogen, Carlsbad Calif.) aregenerated encoding either all or fragments of the 202P5A05 cDNA. ThepCRII vector has Sp6 and T7 promoters flanking the insert to drive thetranscription of 202P5A05 RNA for use as probes in RNA in situhybridization experiments. These probes are used to analyze the cell andtissue expression of 202P5A05 at the RNA level. Transcribed 202P5A05 RNArepresenting the cDNA amino acid coding region of the 202P5A05 gene isused in in vitro translation systems such as the TnT™ CoupledReticulolysate System (Promega, Corp., Madison, Wis.) to synthesize202P5A05 protein.

B. Bacterial Constructs:

pGEX Constructs: To generate recombinant 202P5A5 proteins in bacteriathat are fused to the Glutathione S-transferase (GST) protein, all orparts of the 202P5A5 cDNA protein coding sequence are cloned into thepGEX family of GST-fusion vectors (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech,Piscataway, N.J.). These constructs allow controlled expression ofrecombinant 202P5A5 protein sequences with GST fused at theamino-terminus and a six histidine epitope (6X His) at thecarboxyl-terminus. The GST and 6X His tags permit purification of therecombinant fusion protein from induced bacteria with the appropriateaffinity matrix and allow recognition of the fusion protein withanti-GST and anti-His antibodies. The 6X His tag is generated by adding6 histidine codons to the cloning primer at the 3′ end, e.g., of theopen reading frame (ORF). A proteolytic cleavage site, such as thePreScission™ recognition site in pGEX-6P-1, may be employed such that itpermits cleavage of the GST tag from 202P5A05-related protein. Theampicillin resistance gene and pBR322 origin permits selection andmaintenance of the pGEX plasmids in E. coli.

pMAL Constructs: To generate, in bacteria, recombinant 202P5A5 proteinsthat are fused to maltose-binding protein (MBP), all or parts of the202P5A5 cDNA protein coding sequence are fused to the MBP gene bycloning into the pMAL-c2X and pMAL-p2X vectors (New England Biolabs,Beverly, Mass.). These constructs allow controlled expression ofrecombinant 202P5A5 protein sequences with MBP fused at theamino-terminus and a 5X His epitope tag at the carboxyl-terminus. TheMBP and 6X His tags permit purification of the recombinant protein frominduced bacteria with the appropriate affinity matrix and allowrecognition of the fusion protein with anti-MBF and anti-His antibodies.The 6X His epitope tag is generated by adding 6 histidine codons to the3′ cloning primer. A Factor Xa recognition site permits cleavage of thepMAL tag from 202P5A5. The pMAL-c2X and pMAL-p2X vectors are optimizedto express the recombinant protein in the cytoplasm or periplasmrespectively. Periplasm expression enhances folding of proteins withdisulfide bonds.

pET Constructs: To express 202P5A05 in bacterial cells, all or parts ofthe 202P5A05 cDNA protein coding sequence are cloned into the pET familyof vectors (Novagen, Madison, Wis.). These vectors allow tightlycontrolled expression of recombinant 202P5A05 protein in bacteria withand without fusion to proteins that enhance solubility, such as NusA andthioredoxin (Trx), and epitope fags, such as 6X His and S-Tag™ that aidpurification and detection of the recombinant protein. For example,constructs are made utilizing pET NusA fusion system 43.1 such thatregions of the 202P5A05 protein are expressed as amino-terminal fusionsto NusA.

C. Yeast Constructs:

pESC Constructs: To express 202P5A5 in the yeast species Saccharomycescersvisiae for generation of recombinant protein and functional studies,all or parts of the 202P5A05 cDNA protein coding sequence are clonedinto the pESC family of vectors each of which contain 1 of 4 selectablemarkers, HIS3, TRP1, LEU2, and URA3 (Stratagene, La Jolla, Calif.).These vectors allow controlled expression from the same plasmid of up to2 different genes or cloned sequences containing either Flag™ or Mycepitope tags in the same yeast cell. This system is useful to confirmprotein-protein interactions of 202P5A5. In addition, expression inyeast yields similar post-translational modifications, such asglycosylates and phosphorylations that are found when expressed ineukaryotic cells.

pESP Constructs: To express 202P5A5 in the yeast species Saccharomycespombe, all or parts of the 202P5A5 cDNA protein coding sequence arecloned into the pESP family of vectors. These vectors allow controlledhigh level of expression of a 202P5A5 protein sequence that is fused ateither the amino terminus or at the carboxyl terminus to GST which aidspurification of the recombinant protein. A Flag™ epitope tag allows detad ion of the recombinant protein with anti-Flag˜ antibody.

EXAMPLE 8 Production of Recombinant 202P5A5 in Higher Eukaryotic Systems

A. Mammalian Constructs:

To express recombinant 202P5A5 in eukaryotic cells, the full or partiallength 202P5A5 cDNA sequences were cloned into any one of a variety ofexpression vectors known in the art. One or more of the followingregions of 202P5A5 were expressed in these constructs, amino adds 1 to609, or any 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 or more contiguous amino acids from202P5A5 v.1, v.4, v.5, v.6 and v.8; amino acids 1 to 625, or any 8, 9,10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27,28, 29, 30 or more contiguous amino acids from 202P5A5 v.2 variants, oranalogs thereof.

The constructs can be transfected into any one of a wide variety ofmammalian cells such as 293T cells. Transfected 293T cell lysates can beprobed with the anti-202P5A5 polyclonal serum, described herein.

pcDNA4/HisMax Constructs: To express 202P5A5 in mammalian cells, a202P5A5 ORF, or portions thereof, of 202P5A5 are cloned intopcDNA4/HisMax Version A (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.). Proteinexpression is driven from the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter and theSP16 translation al enhancer. The recombinant protein has Xpress™ andsix histidine (6X His) epitopes fused to the amino-terminus. ThepcDNA4/HisMax vector also contains the bovine growth hormone (BGH)polyadenylation signal and transcription termination sequence to enhancemRNA stability along with the SV40 origin for episomal replication andsimple vector rescue in cell lines expressing the large T antigen. TheZeocin resistance gene allows for selection of mammalian cellsexpressing the protein and the ampicillin resistance gene and ColE1origin permits selection and maintenance of the plasmid in E. coli.

pcDNA3.1/MycHis Constructs: To express 202P5A5 in mammalian cells, a202P5A5 ORF, or portions thereof, 202P5A5 with a consensus Kozaktranslation initiation site is cloned into pcDNA3.1/MycHis Version A(Invitrogen, Carlsbad, Calif.). Protein expression is driven from thecytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. The recombinant proteins have the mycepitope and 6X His epitope fused to the carboxyl-terminus. ThepcDNA3.1/MycHis vector also contains the bovine growth hormone (BGH)polyadenylation signal and transcription termination sequence to enhancemRNA stability, along with the SV40 origin for episomal replication andsimple vector rescue in cell lines expressing the large T antigen. TheNeomycin resistance gene can be used, as it allows for selection ofmammalian cells expressing the protein and the ampicillin resistancegene and ColE1 origin permits selection and maintenance of the plasmidin E. coli.

The complete ORF of 202P5A5 v.1 was cloned into the pcDNA3.1/MycHisconstruct to generate 202P5A5.pcDNA3.1/MycHis. FIG. 21 shows expressionof 202P5A5.pcDNA3.1/MycHis. 293T cells were transfected with either202P5A5.pcDNA3.1/MycHis or pcDNA3.1/MycHis vector control. Forty hourslater, cell lysates were collected. Samples were run on an SDS-PAGEacrylamide gel, blotted and stained with anti-his antibody. The blot wasdeveloped using the ECL chemiluminescence kit and visualized byautoradiography. Results show expression of 202P5A5 from the202P5A5.pcDNA3.1/MycHis construct in the lysates of transfected cells.

pcDNA3.1/CT-GFP-TOPO Construct: To express 202P5A5 in mammalian cellsand to allow detection of the recombinant proteins using fluorescence, a202P5A5 ORF, or portions thereof, with a consensus Kozak translationinitiation site are cloned into pcDNA3.1/CT-CFP-TOPO (Invitrogen,Calif.). Protein expression is driven from the cytomeglovirus (CMV)promoter. The recombinant proteins have the Green Fluorescent Protein(GFP) fused to the carboxyl-terminus facilitating non-invasive, in vivodetection and cell biology studies. The pcDNA3.1CT-GFP-TOPO vector alsocontains the bovine growth hormone (BGH) polyadenylation signal andtranscription termination sequence to enhance mRNA stability along withthe SV40 origin for episomal replication and simple vector rescue incell lines expressing the large T antigen. The Neomycin resistance geneallows for selection of mammalian cells that express the protein, andthe ampicillin resistance gene and ColE1 origin permits selection andmaintenance of the plasmid in E. coli. Additional constructs with anamino-terminal GFP fusion are made in pcDNA3.1/NT-GFP-TOPO spanning theentire length of a 202P5A5 protein.

PAPtag: A 202P5A5 ORF, or portions thereof, is cloned into pAPtag-5 (GenHunter Corp. Nashville, Tenn.). This construct generates an alkalinephosphatase fusion at the carboxyl-terminus of a 202A5A5 protein whilefusing the IgGK signal sequence to the amino-terminus. Constructs arealso generated in which alkaline phosphatase with an amino-terminal IgGKsignal sequence is fused the amino-terminus of a 202P5A5 protein. Theresulting recombinant 202A5A5proteins are optimized for secretion intothe media of transfected mammalian cells and can be used to identifyproteins such as ligands or receptors that interact with 202P5A5proteins. Protein expression is driven from the CMV promoter and therecombinant proteins also contain myc and 6X His epitopes fused at thecarboxyl-terminus that facilitates detection and purification. TheZeocin resistance gene present in the vector allows for selection ofmammalian cells expressing the recombinant protein and the ampicillinresistance gene permits selection of the plasmid in E. coli.

pTag5: A 202P5A5 ORF, or portions thereof, is cloned into pTag-5. Thisvector is similar to pAPtag but without the alkaline phosphatase fusion.This construct generates 202P5A5 protein with an amino-terminal IgGKsignal sequence and myc and 6X His epitope tags at the carboxyl-terminusthat facilitate detection and affinity purification. The resultingrecombinant 202A5A5 protein is optimized for secretion into the media oftransfected mammalian cells, and is used as immunogen or ligand toidentify proteins such as ligands or receptors that interact with the202P5A5 proteins. Protein expression is driven from the CMv promoter.The Zeocin resistance gene present in the vector allows for selection ofmammalian cells expressing the protein, and the ampicillin resistancegene permits selection of the plasmid in E. coli.

PsecFc: A 202P5A5 ORF, or portions thereof, is also cloned into psecFc.The psecFc vector was assembled by cloning the human immunoglobulin G1(IgG) Fc. (hinge CH2, CH3 regions) into pSecTag2 (Invitrogen, Calif.).This construct generates an IgG 1 Fc fusion at the carboxyl-terminus ofthe 202P5A5 proteins, while fusing the IgGK signal sequence toN-terminus. 202P5A5 fusions utilizing the murine IgG 1 Fc region arealso used. The resulting recombinant 202P5A5 proteins are optimized forsecretion into the media of transfected mammalian cells, and can be usedas immunogens or to identify proteins such as ligands or receptors thatinteract with 202P5A5 protein. Protein expression is driven from the CMVpromoter. The hygromycin resistance gene present in the vector allowsfor selection of mammalian cells that express the recombinant protein,and the ampicillin resistance gene permits selection of the plasmid inE. coli.

Retroviral Constructs: To generate mammalian cell lines that express202P5A5 constitutively, 202P5A5 ORF, or portions thereof, of 202P5A5were cloned into pQCXIN (Clontech) constructs. Amphotropic and ecotropicretroviruses were generated by transaction of pQCXIN constructs into the293T -10A1 packaging line or co-transfection of pQCXIN and a helperplasmid (containing deleted packaging sequences) into the 293 cells,respectively. The retrovirus is used to infect a variety of mammaliancell lines, resulting in the integration of the cloned gene, 202A5A5,into the host cell-lines. Protein expression is driven from the CMVpromoter. The Neomycin resistance gene present in the vector allows forselection of mammalian cells that express the protein, and theampicillin resistance gene and ColE1 origin permit selection andmaintenance of the plasmid in E. coli. The retroviral vectors canthereafter be used for infection and generation of various cell linesusing, for example, PC3, NIH 3T3, TsuPr1, 293 or rat-1 cells.

Additional pQCXIN constructs are made that fuse an epitope tag such asthe FLAG™ tag to the carboxyl-terminus of 202A5A5 sequences to allowdetection using anti-Flag antibodies, For example, the FLAG™ sequence 5′gat tac aag gat gac gac gat aag 3′: (SEQ ID NO: 40) is added to cloningprimer at the 3′ end of the ORF. Additional retroviral constructs aremade to produce both amino-terminal and carboxyl-terminal GFP and myc/6XHis fusion proteins of the full-length 202P5A5 proteins and undervarious selection methods.

Additional Viral Vectors: Additional constructs are made forviral-mediated delivery and expression of 202P5A5. High virus titerleading to high level expression of 202P5A5 is achieved in viraldelivery systems such as adenoviral vectors and herpes amplicon vectors.A 202P5A5 coding sequences or fragments thereof are amplified by PCR andsubcloned into the AdEasy shuttle vector (Stratagene). Recombination andvirus packaging are performed according to the manufacturer'sinstructions to generate adenoviral vectors. Alternatively, 202P5A5coding sequences or fragments thereof are cloned into the HSV-1 vector(Imgenex) to generate herpes viral vectors. The viral vectors arethereafter used for infection of various cell lines such as PC3, NIH3T3, 293 or rat-1 cells.

Regulated Expression Systems: To control expression of 202P5A5 inmammalian cells, coding sequences of 202A5A5, or portions thereof, arecloned into regulated mammalian expression systems such as the T-RexSystem (Invitrogen), the Gene Switch System (Invitrogen) and thetightly-regulated Ecdysone System (Sratagene). These systems allow thestudy of the temporal and concentration dependent effects of recombinant202P5A5. These vectors are thereafter used to control expression of202P5A5. In various cell lines such as PC3, NIH 3T3, 293 or rat-1 cells.

B. Baculovirus Expression Systems

To generate recombinant 202P5A5 proteins in a baculovirus expressionsystem, 202P5A5 ORF, or portions thereof, are cloned into thebaculovirus transfer vector pBlueBac4.5 (Invitrogen), which provides aHis-tag at the N-terminus. Specifically, pBlueBac-202P5A5 isco-transfected with helper plasmid pBac-N-Blue (Invitrogen) into SF9(Spodoptere frugiperde) insect cells to generate recombinant baculovirus(see Invitrogen instruction manual for details). Baculovirus is thencollected from cell supernatant and purified by plaque assay.

Recombinant 202A5A5 protein is then generated by infection of High Fiveinsect cells (Invitrogen) with purified baculovirus. Recombinant 202P5A5protein can be detected using anti-202A5A5 or anti-His-tag antibody,202P5A5 protein can be purified and used in various cell-based assays oras immunogen to generate polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies specificfor 202P5A5.

EXAMPLE 9 Antigenicity Profiles and Secondary Structure

FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, and FIG. 9 depict graphically five aminoacid profiles of 202P5A5 variant 1, each assessment available byaccessing the ProlScale website located on the World Wide Web at(.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/pratscale.pl) on the ExPasy molecular biologyserver.

These profiles: FIG. 5, Hydrophilicity, (Hopp T. P., Woods K. R., 1981.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 78:3824-3828), FIG 6., Hydropathicity,(Kyte J., Doolittle R. F., 1982. J. Mol. Biol. 157:105-132), FIG. 7,Percentage Accessible Residues (Janin J., 1979 Nature 277:491-492); FIG.8, Average Flexibility, (Bhaskaran R., and Ponnuswamy P. K., 1988. Int.J. Pept. Protein Res. 32:242-255); FIG. 9, Beta-turn (Deleage, G., RouxB. 1987 Protein Engineering 1:289-294); and optionally others availablein the art, such as on the ProtScale website, were used to identifyantigenic regions of each of the 202P5A5 valiant proteins. Each of theabove amino acid profiles of 202P5A5 variants were generated using thefollowing ProtScale parameters for analysis: 1) A window size of 9; 2)100% weight of the window edges compared to the window center; and, 3)amino acid profile values normalized to lie between 0 and 1.

Hydrophilicity (FIG. 5 ), Hydropathicity (FIG. 6 ) and PercentageAccessible Residues (FIG. 7) profiles were used to determine stretchesof hydrophilic amino acids (i.e., values greater than 0.5 on theHydrophilicity and Percentage Accessible Residues profile, and valuesless than 0.5 on the Hydropathicity profile). Such regions are likely tobe exposed to the aqueous environment, be present on the surface of theprotein, and thus available for immune recognition, such as byantibodies.

Average Flexibility (FIG. 3 ) and Beta-turn (FIG. 9 ) profiles determinestretches of amino acids (i.e., values greater than 0.5 on the Beta-turnprofile and the Average Flexibility profile) that are not constrained insecondary structures such as beta sheets and alpha helices. Such regionsare also more likely to be exposed on the protein and thus accessible toimmune recognition, such as by antibodies.

Antigenic sequences of the 202P5A5 variant proteins indicated, e.g., bythe profiles set forth in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 6, and/or FIG. 9are used to prepare immunogens, either peptides or nucleic acids thatencode them, to generate therapeutic and diagnostic anti-202P5A5antibodies. The immunogen can be any 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 or morethan 50 contiguous amino acids, or the corresponding nucleic acids thatencode them, from the 202P5A5 protein variants listed in FIGS. 2 and 3.In particular, peptide immunogens of the invention can comprise, apeptide region of at least 5 amino adds of FIGS. 2 and 3 in any wholenumber increment that includes an amino acid position having a valuegreater than 0.5 in the Hydrophilicity profiles of FIG. 5; a peptideregion of at least 5 amino acids of FIGS. 2 and 3 in any whole numberincrement that includes an ammo acid position having a value less than0-5 in the Hydropathicity profile of FIGS. 6; a peptide region of atleast 5 amino acids of FIGS. 2 and 3 in any whole number increment thatincludes an amino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in thePercent Accessible Residues profiles of FIG. 7; a peptide region of atleast 5 amino acids of FIGS. 2 and 3 in any whole number increment thatincludes an amino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in theAverage Flexibility profiles on FIG. 8; and, a peptide region of atleast 5 amino acids of FIGS. 2 and 3 in any whole number increment thatincludes an amino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in theBeta-turn profile of FIGS. 9. Peptide immunogens of the invention canalso comprise nucleic acids that encode any of the forgoing.

All immunogens of the invention, peptide or nucleic acid, can beembodied in human unit dose form, or comprised by a composition thatincludes a pharmaceutical excipient compatible with human physiology.

The secondary structure of 202P5A5 protein variant 1, namely thepredicted presence and location of alpha helices, extended strands, andrandom coils, is predicted from the primary amino acid sequence usingthe HNN—Hierarchical Neural Network method (NPS@: Network ProteinSequence Analysis TIBS 2000 March Vol. 25, No 3 [291]:147-150 Combet C.,Blanchet C., Geourjon C. and Deleage G.,http://pbil.ibcp.fr/cgi-bin/npsa_automat.pl?page=npsa.np.html), accessedfrom the ExPasy molecular biology server located on the World Wide Webat (.eypasy.ch/tools/). The analysis indicates that 202P5A5 van ant 1 iscomposed of 31.69% alpha helix, 19.67% extended strand, and 48.44%random coil (FIG. 13A).

Analysis for the potential presence of transmembrane domains in the202P5A5 variant proteins was carried out using a variety oftransmembrane prediction algorithms accessed from the ExPasy molecularbiology server located on the Wold Wide Web at (.expasy.ch/tools/).Shown graphically in FIG. 13B and 13C are the results of analysis of202P5A5 variant 1 using the TMpred program (FIG. 13B) and TMHMM program(FIG. 13C). Neither of the programs predicted the presence oftransmembrane domains, suggesting that 202P5A5 is a soluble protein. Theresults of structural analysis programs are summarized in Table VI.

EXAMPLE 10 Generation of 202P5A5 Polyclonal Antibodies

Polyclonal antibodies can be raised in a mammal, for example, by one ormore injections of an immunizing agent and, if desired, an adjuvant.Typically, the immunizing agent and/or adjuvant will be injected in themammal by multiple subcutaneous or intraperitoneal injections. Inaddition to immunizing with a full length 202P5A5 protein variant,computer algorithms are employed in design of immunogens that, based onamino acid sequence analysis contain characteristics of being antigenicand available for recognition by the immune system of the immunized host(see the Example entitled “Antigenicity Profiles and SecondaryStructures”). Such regions would be predicted to be hydrophilic,flexible, in beta-turn conformations, and be exposed on the surface ofthe protein (see, e.g., FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, FIG. 8, or FIG. 9 foramino acid profiles that indicate such regions of 202P5A5 proteinvariant 1).

For example, recombinant bacterial fusion proteins or peptidescontaining hydrophilic, flexible, beta-turn regions of 202A5A5 proteinvariants are used as antigens to generate polyclonal antibodies in NewZealand White rabbits or monoclonal antibodies as described in theExample entitled “Generation of 202A5A5 Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs)”.For example, in 202P5A5 variant 1, such regions include, but are notlimited to, amino acids 1-22, amino acids 55-84, amino acids 181-225,amino acids 399-450, and amino acids 496-538. It is useful to conjugatethe immunizing agent to a protein known to be immunogenic in the mammalbeing immunized. Examples of such immunogenic proteins include, but arenot limited to, keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH), serum albumin, bovinethyroglobulin, and soybean trypsin inhibitor. In one embodiment, apeptide encoding amino acids 1-22 of 202P5A5 variant 1 was conjugated toKLH and used to immunize a rabbit. Alternatively the immunizing agentmay include all or portions of the 202P5A5 variant proteins, analogs orfusion proteins thereof. For example, the 202A5A5 variant 1 amino acidsequence can be fused using recombinant DNA techniques to any one of avariety of fusion protein partners that are well known in the art, suchas glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and HIS tagged fusion proteins. Inanother embodiment, the complete cDNA of 202P5A5 variant 1 is fused toGST using recombinant techniques and the pGEX expression vector,expressed, purified and used to immunize a rabbit. Such fusion proteinsare purified from induced bacteria using the appropriate affinitymatrix.

Other recombinant bacterial fusion proteins that may be employed includemaltose binding protein, LacZ, thioredoxin, NusA, or an immunoglobulinconstant region (see the section entitled “Production of 202P5A5 inProkaryotic Systems” and Current Protocols In Molecular Biology, Volume2, Unit 16, Frederick M. Ausubul et al. eds., 1995; Linsley, P. S.,Brady, W., Umes, M., Grosmaire, L., Damle, N., and Ledbetter, L. (1991)J. Exp. Med. 174, 561-565).

In addition to bacterial derived fusion proteins, mammalian expressedprotein antigens are also used. These antigens are expressed frommammalian expression vectors such as the Tag5 and Fc-fusion vectors (seethe section entitled “Production of Recombinant 202A5A5 in EukaryoticSystems”), and retain post-translational modifications such asglycosylations found in native protein. In one embodiment, the completecDNA of 202P5A5 variant 1 is cloned into the Tag5mammalian secretionvector, and expressed in 293T cells. The recombinant protein is purifiedby metal chelate chromatography from tissue culture supernatants of 293Tcells stably expressing the recombinant vector. The purified Tag5202P5A5 protein is then used as immunogen.

During the immunization protocol, it is useful to mix or emulsify theantigen in adjuvants that enhance the immune response of the hostanimal. Examples of adjuvants include, but are not limited to, completeFreund's adjuvant (CFA) and MPL-TDM adjuvant (monophosphoryl Lipid A,synthetic trehalose dicorynomycolate).

In a typical protocol, rabbits are initially immunized subcutaneouslywith up to 200 μg, typically 100-200 μg. of fusion protein or peptideconjugated to KLH mixed in complete Freund's adjuvant (CFA). Rabbits arethen injected subcutaneously every two weeks with up to 200 μg,typically 100-200 μg, of the immunogen in incomplete Freund's adjuvant(IFA). Test bleeds are taken approximately 7-10 days following eachimmunization and used to monitor the titer of the antiserum by ELISA.

To test reactivity and specificity of immune serum, such as the rabbitserum derived from immunization with the GST fusion of 202P5A5 variant 1protein, the full-length 202P5A5 variant 1 cDNA is cloned into pCDNA 3.1myc-his expression vector (Invitrogen, see the Example entitled“Production of Recombinant 202P5A05 in Eukaryotic Systems”). Aftertransfection of the constructs into 293T cells, cell lysates are probedwith the anti-202P5A5 serum and with anti-His antibody (FIG. 21); SantaCruz Biotechnologies, Santa Cruz, Calif.) to determine specificreactivity to denatured 202P5A5 protein using the Western blottechnique. In addition, the immune serum is tested by fluorescencemicroscopy, flow cytometry and immunoprecipitation against 293T andother recombinant 202P5A5-expressing cells to determine specificrecognition of native protein. Western blot, immunoprecipitation,florescent microscopy, and flow cytometric techniques using cells thatendogenously express 202P5A5 are also carried out to test reactivity andspecificity.

Anti-serum from rabbits immunized with 202P5A5 variant fusion proteins,such as GST and MBP fusion proteins, are purified by depletion ofantibodies reactive to the fusion partner sequence by passage over anaffinity column containing the fusion partner either alone or in thecontext of an irrelevant fusion protein. For example, antiserum derivedfrom a GST-202P5A5 variant 1 fusion protein is first purified by passageover a column of GST protein covalently coupled to AffiGet matrix(BioRad, Hercules, Calif.). The antiserum is then affinity purified bypassage over a column composed of a MBP-202P5A5 fusion proteincovalently coupled to Affigel matrix. The serum is then further purifiedby protein G affinity chromatography to isolate the IgG fraction, Serafrom other His-tagged antigens and peptide immunized rabbits as well asfusion partner depleted sera are affinity purified by passage over acolumn matrix composed of the original protein immunogen or freepeptide.

EXAMPLE 11

Generation of 202P5A5 Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs)

In One embodiment, therapeutic mAbs to 202P5A5 variants comprise thosethat react with epitopes specific for each variant protein or specificto sequences in common between the variants that would disrupt ormodulate the biological function of the 202P5A5 variants, for examplethose that would disrupt the interaction with ligands and bindingpartners. Immunogens for generation of such mAbs include those designedto encode or contain the entire 202P5A5 protein variant sequence,regions of the 202P5A5 protein variants predicted to be antigenic fromcomputer analysis of the amino acid sequence (see, e.g., FIG. 5, FIG. 6,FIG. 7, FIG. 6, or FIG. 9, and the Example entitled “AntigenicityProfiles and Secondary Structures”). Immunogens include peptides,recombinant bacterial proteins, and mammalian expressed Tag 5proteinsand human and murine IgG FC fusion proteins. In ad ditto n, cellsengineered to express high levels of a respective 202P5A5 variant, suchas 293T-2025AD5 variant 1 or 300.19-202P5A5 variant 1 murine Pre-Bcells, are used to immunize mice.

To generate mAbs to a 202P5A5 variant, mice are first immunizedintraperitoneally (IP) with, typically, 10-50 μg of protein immunogen or107 202P5A5-expressing cells mixed in complete Freund's adjuvant. Miceare then subsequently immunized IP every 2-4 weeks with, typically,10-50 μg of protein immunogen or 10⁷ cells mixed in incomplete Freund'sadjuvant. Alternatively, MPL-TDM adjuvant is used in immunizations. Inaddition to the above protein and cell-based immunization strategies, aDNA-based immunization protocol is employed in which a mammalianexpression vector encoding a 202P5A5 variant sequence is used toimmunize mice by direct injection of the plasmid DNA. For example, thecomplete cDNA of 202P5A5 of variant 1 (amino acids 1-609) is cloned intothe Tag5 mammalian secretion vector and the recombinant vector will thenbe used as immunogen. In another example, the same amino acids arecloned into an Fc-fusion secretion vector in which the 202P5A5 variant 2sequence is fused at the amino-terminus to an IgK leader sequence and atthe carboxyl-terminus to the coding sequence of the human or murine IgGFc region. This recombinant vector is then used as immunogen. Theplasmid immunization protocols are used in combination with purifiedproteins expressed from the same vector and with cells expressing therespective 202P5A5 variant.

During the immunization protocol, test bleeds are taken 7-10 daysfollowing an injection to monitor titer and specificity of the immuneresponse. Once appropriate reactivity and specificity is obtained asdetermined by ELISA, Western blotting, irnmunoprecipitation,fluorescence microscopy, and flow cytometric analyses, fusion andhybridoma generation is then carried out with established procedureswell known in the art (see, e.g., Harlow and Lane, 1988).

In one embodiment for generating 202P5A5 monoclonal antibodies, aGST-fusion of variant 1 antigen encoding amino acids 1-609, is expressedand then purified from stably transfected 293T cells, Balb C mice areinitially immunized intra peritoneally with 25 μg of the Tag5-202P5A05variant 1 protein mixed in complete Freund's adjuvant. Mice aresubsequently immunized every two weeks with 25 μg of the antigen mixedin incomplete Freund's adjuvant for a total of three immunizations. ELISA using the GST-fusion antigen and a cleavage product from which theGST portion is removed determines the titer of serum from immunizedmice. Reactivity and specificity of serum to full length 202P5A5 variant1protein is monitored by Western blotting, immunoprecipitation and flowcytometry using 293T cells transfected with an expression vectorencoding the 202P5A5 variant 1 cDNA (see e.g., the Example entitled“Production of Recombinant 202P5A05 in Eukaryotic Systems” and FIG. 21).Other recombinant 202P5A5 variant 1-expressing cells or cellsendogenously expressing 202P5A5 variant 1 are also used. Mice showingthe strongest reactivity are rested and given a final injection of Tag5antigen in PBS and then sacrificed four days later. The spleens of thesacrificed mice are harvested and fused to SPO/2 myeloma cells usingstandard procedures (Harlow and Lane, 1988). Supernatants from HATselected growth wells are screened by ELISA, Western blot,immunoprecipitation, fluorescent microscopy, and flow cytometry toidentify 202P5A5 specific antibody-producing clones.

To generate monoclonal antibodies that are specific for 202P5A5 variant2 protein, immunogens are designed to encode the sequence unique to thatvariant. For example, a peptide encoding amino acids 1-16 of 202P5A5variant 2 is synthesized, conjugated to KLH and used as immunogen.Hybridoma supernatants are then screened on the peptide antigen and thenfurther screened on cells expressing the 202P5A5 variant 2 andcross-screened on eel's expressing 202P5A5 variant 1 to derive variant2-specific monoclonal antibodies.

The binding affinity of a 202P5A5 variant monoclonal antibody isdetermined using standard technologies. Affinity measurements quantifythe strength of antibody to epitope binding and are used to help definewhich 202P5A5 variant monoclonal antibodies preferred for diagnostic ortherapeutic use, as appreciated by one of skill in the art. The BIAcoresystem (Uppsala, Sweden) is a preferred method for determining bindingaffinity. The BIAcore system uses surface plasmon resonance (SPR,Welford K. 1991, Opt. Quant. Elect. 23:1; Morton and Myszka, 1998,Methods in Enzymology 295: 268) to monitor biomolecular interactions inreal time. BIAcore analysis conveniently generates association rateconstants, dissociation rate constants, equilibrium dissociationconstants, and affinity constants.

EXAMPLE 12 HLA Class I and Class II Binding Assays

HLA class I and class II binding assays using purified HLA molecules areperformed in accordance with disclosed protocols (e.g., PCT publicationsWO 94/20127 and WO 94/03205; Sidney et al., Current Protocols inImmunology 18.3.1 (1998); Sidney, et al., J. Immunol. 154:247 (1995);Sette, et al., Mol. Immunol. 31:813 (1994)). Briefly, purified MHCmolecules (5 to 500 mM) are incubated with various unlabeled peptideinhibitors and 1-10 nM, ¹²⁵l-radiolabeled probe peptides as described.Following incubation, MHC-peptide complexes are separated from freepeptide by gel filtration and the fraction of peptide bound isdetermined. Typically, in preliminary experiments, each MHC preparationis titered in the presence of fixed amounts of radiolabeled peptides todetermine the concentration of HLA molecules necessary to bind 10-20% ofthe total radioactivity. All subsequent inhibition and direct bindingassays are performed using these HLA concentrations.

Since under these conditions [label]<[HLA] and IC₅₀≧[HLA], the measuredIC₅₀ values are reasonable approximations of the true K_(D) values.Peptide inhibitors are typically tested at concentrations ranging from120 μg/ml to 1.2ng/ml, and are tested in two to four completelyindependent experiments. To allow comparison of the data obtained indifferent experiments, a relative binding figure is calculated for eachpeptide by dividing the IC₅₀ of a positive control for inhibition by theIC₅₀ for each tested peptide (typically unlabeled versions of theradiolabeled probe peptide). For database purposes, and inter-experimentcomparisons, relative binding values are compiled. These values cansubsequently be converted back into IC₅₀ nM values by dividing the IC₅₀nM of the positive controls for inhibition by the relative binding ofthe peptide of interest. This method of data compilation is accurate andconsistent for comparing peptides that have been tested on differentdays, or with different lots of purified MHC.

Binding assays as outlined above may be used to analyze HLA supermotifand/or HLA motif-bearing peptides (see Table IV).

EXAMPLE 13 Identification of HLA Supermotif- and Motif-Bearing CTLCandidate Epitopes

HLA vaccine compositions of the invention can include multiple epitopes.The multiple epitopes can comprise multiple HLA supermotifs or motifs toachieve broad population coverage. This example illustrates theidentification and confirmation of supermotif- and motif-bearingepitopes for the inclusion in such a vaccine composition. Calculation ofpopulation coverage is performed using the strategy described below.

Computer Searches and Algorithms for Identification of Supermotif and/orMotif-bearing Epitopes

The searches performed to identify the motif-bearing peptide sequencesin the Example entitled “Antigenicity Profiles” and Tables VIII-XXI andXXII-XLIX employ the protein sequence data from the gene product of202P5A5 set forth in FIGS. 2 and 3, the specific search peptides used togenerate the tables are listed in Table VII.

Computer searches for epitopes bearing HLA Class I or Class IIsupermotifs or motifs are performed as follows, All translated 202P5A5protein sequences are analyzed using a text string search softwareprogram to identify potential peptide sequences containing appropriateHLA binding motifs; such programs are readily produced in accordancewith information in the art in view of known motif/supermotifdisclosures. Furthermore, such calculations can be made mentally.

Identified A2-, A3-, and DR-supermotif sequences are scored usingpolynomial algorithms to predict their capacity to bind to specificHLA-Class I or Class II molecules. These polynomial algorithms accountfor the impact of different amino acids at different positions, and areessentially based on the premise that the overall affinity (or ΔG) ofpeptide-HLA molecule interactions can be approximated as a linearpolynomial function of the type:“ΔG”=a1i×a2i×a3i . . . ×ani

where aji is a coefficient which represents the effect of the presenceof a given amino acid (j) at a given position (i) along the sequence ofa peptide of n amino acids. The crucial assumption of this method isthat the effects at each position are essentially independent of eachother (i.e., independent binding of individual side-chains). Whenresidue j occurs at position i in the peptide, it is assumed tocontribute a constant amount j; to the free energy of binding of thepeptide irrespective of the sequence of the rest of the peptide.

The method of derivation of specific algorithm coefficients has beendescribed in Gulukota et al., J. Mol. Biol. 267-1258-126, 1997; (seealso Sidney et al., Human Immunol. 45:79-93, 1996; and Southwood et al.,J. Immunol. 160:3363-3373, 1998). Briefly, for all i positions, anchorand non-anchor alike, the geometric mean of the average relative binding(ARB) of all peptides carrying j is calculated relative to the remainderof the group, and used as the estimate of j. For Class II peptides, ifmultiple alignments are possible, only the highest scoring alignment isutilized, following an iterative procedure. To calculate an algorithmscore of a given peptide in a test set, the ARB values corresponding tothe sequence of the peptide are multiplied, if this product exceeds achosen threshold, the peptide is predicted to bind. Appropriatethresholds are chosen as a function of the degree of stringency ofprediction desired.

Selection of HLA-A2 Supertype Cross-reactive Peptides

Protein sequences from 202P5A5 are scanned utilizing motifidentification software, to identify 8-, 9- 10- and 11-mer sequencescontaining the HLA-A2-supermotif main anchor specificity. Typically,these sequences are then scored using the protocol described above andthe peptides corresponding to the positive-scoring sequences aresynthesized and tested for their capacity to bind purified HLA-A*0201molecules in vitro (HLA-A*0201 is considered a prototype A2 supertypemolecule).

Those peptides are then tested for the capacity to bind to additionalA2-supertype molecules (A*0202, A*0203, A*0206, and A*6802). Peptidesthat bind to at least three of the five A2-supertype alleles tested aretypically deemed A2-supertype cross-reactive binders. Preferred peptidesbind at an affinity equal to or less than 500 nM to three or more HLA-A2supertype molecules.

Selection of HLA-A3Supermotif-bearing Epitopes

The 202P5A5 protein sequence(s) scanned above is also examined for thepresence of peptides with the HLA-A3-supermotif primary anchors.Peptides corresponding to the HLA A3 supermotif-bearing sequences arethen synthesized and tested for binding to HLA-A*0301 and HLA-A*1101molecules, the molecules encoded by the two most prevalent A3-supertypealleles. The peptides that bind at least one of the two alleles withbinding affinities of ≦500 nM, often ≦200 nM, are then tested forbinding cross-reactivity to the other common A3-supertype alleles (e.g.,A*3101, A*3301, and A*6801) to identify those that can bind at leastthree of the five HLA-A3-supertype molecules tested.

Selection of HLA-B7 Supermotif Bearing Epitopes

The 202P5A5 protein(s) scanned above is also analyzed for the presenceof 8-, 9- 10-, or 11-mer peptides with the HLA-B7-supermotif.Corresponding peptides are synthesized and tested for binding toHLA-B*0702, the molecule encoded by the most common B7-supertype allele(i.e., the prototype B7 supertype allele). Peptides binding B*0702 withIC₅₀ of <500 nM are identified using standard methods. These peptidesare then tested for binding to other common B7-supertype molecules(e.g., B*3501, B*5101, B*5301, and B*5401). Peptides capable of bindingto three or more of the five E7-supertype alleles tested are therebyidentified.

Selection of A1 and A24 Motif-bearing Epitopes

To further increase population coverage, HLA-A1 and-A24 epitopes canalso be incorporated into vaccine compositions. An analysis of the202P5A5 protein can also be performed to identify HLA-A1- andA24-motif-containing sequences.

High affinity and/or cross-reactive binding epitopes thai bear othermotif and/or supermotifs are identified using analogous methodology.

EXAMPLE 14 Confirmation of Immunogenicity

Cross-reactive candidate CTL A2-supermotif-bearing peptides that areidentified as described herein are selected to confirm in vitroimmunogenicity. Confirmation is performed using the followingmethodology;

Target Cell Lines for Cellular Screening:

The 221A2.1 cell line, produced by transferring the HLA-A2.1 gene intothe HLA-A, -B, -C null mutant human B-lymphoblastoid cell line 721.221,is used as the peptide-loaded target to measure activity orHLA-A2.1-restricted CTL. This cell line is grown in RPMI-1640 mediumsupplemented with antibiotics, sodium pyruvate, nonessential amino acidsand 10% (v/v) heat inactivated FCS. Cells that express an antigen ofinterest, or transfectants comprising the gene encoding the antigen ofinterest, can be used as target cells to confirm the ability ofpeptide-specific CTLs to recognize endogenous antigen.

Primary CTL Induction Cultures:

Generation of Dendritic Cells (DC): PBMCs are thawed in RPMI with 30μg/ml DNAse, washed twice and resuspended in complete medium (RPMI-1640plus 5% AB human serum, non-essential amino acids, sodium pyruvate,L-glutamine and penicillin/streptomycin). The monocytes are purified byplating 10×10⁸ PBMC/well in a 6-well plate. After 2 hours at 37° C., thenon-adherent cells are removed by gently shaking the plates andaspirating the supernatants. The wells are washed a total of three timeswith 3 ml RPMI to remove most of the non-adherent and loosely adherentcells. Three ml of complete medium containing 50 ng/ml of GM-CSF and1,000 U/ml of IL-4 are then added to each well. TNFα is added to the DCson day 6 at 75 ng/ml and the cells are used for CTL induction cultureson day 7.

Induction of CTL with DC and Peptide: CD8+T-cells are isolated bypositive selection with Dynal Immunomagnetic beads (Dynabeads® M-450)and the detacha-bead® reagent. Typically about 200-250×10⁶ PBMC areprocessed to obtain 24×10⁵ CD8+T-cells (enough for a 48-well plateculture). Briefly, the PBMCs are thawed in RPMI with 30 μg/ml DNAse,washed once with PBS containing 1% human AB serum and resuspended inPBS/1% AB serum at a concentration of 20×10⁵ cells/ml. The magneticbeads are washed 3 times with PBS/AB serum, added to the cells (140 μlbeads/20×10⁵ cells) and incubated for 1 hour at 4° C. with continuousmixing. The beads and cells are washed 4× with PBS/AB serum to removethe nonadherent cells and resuspended at 100×10⁶ cells/ml (based on theoriginal cell number) in PBS/AS serum containing 100 μl/ml detacha-bead®reagent and 30 μg/ml DNAse. The mixture is incubated for 1 hour at roomtemperature with continuous mixing. The beads are washed again withPBS/AB/DNAse to collect the CD8+ T-cells. The DC are collected andcentrifuged at 1300rpm for 5-7 minutes, washed once with PBS with 1%BSA, counted and pulsed with 40 μg/ml of peptide at a cell concentrationof 1-2×10⁸/ml in the presence of 3 μg/ml microglobulin for 4 hours at20° C. The DC are then irradiated (4,200 rads), washed 1 time withmedium and counted again.

Setting up induction cultures: 0.25 ml cytokine-generated DC (at 1×10⁵cells/ml) are co-cultured with 0.25ml of CD8+ T-cells (at 2×10⁶ cell/ml)in each well of a 48-well plate in the presence of 10 ng/ml of IL-7.Recombinant human IL-10 is added the next day at a final concentrationof 10 ng/ml and rhuman IL-2 is added 4B hours later at 10 IU/ml.

Restimulation of the induction cultures with peptide-pulsed adherentcells: Seven and fourteen days after the primary induction, the cellsare restimulated with peptide-pulsed adherent cells. The PBMCs arethawed and washed twice with RPMI and DNAse. The cells are resuspendedat 5×10⁶ cells/ml and irradiated at −4200 rads. The PBMCs are plated at2×10⁶ in 0.5 ml complete medium per well and incubated for 2 hours at37° C. The plates are washed mice with RPMI by tapping the plate gentlyto remove the nonadherent cells and the adherent cells pulsed with 10μg/ml of peptide in the presence of 3 μg ml β₂ microglobulin in 0.25mlRPMI/5% AB per well for 2 hours at 37° C. Peptide solution from eachwell is aspirated and the wells are washed once with RPMI. Most of themedia is aspirated from the induction cultures (CD8+ cells) and broughtto 0.5 ml with fresh media. The cells are then transferred to the wellscontaining the peptide-pulsed adherent cells. Twenty four hours laterrecombinant human IL-10 is added at a final concentration of 10 ng/mland recombinant human IL2 is added the next day and again 2-3 days laterat 50 IU/ml (Tsai et al., Critical Reviews in Immunology 18(1-2):65-75,1998). Seven days later, the cultures are assayed for CTL activity in a⁵¹Cr release assay. In some experiments the cultures are assayed forpeptide-specific recognition in the in situ IFNγ ELISA at the time ofthe second restimulation followed by assay of endogenous recognition 7days later. After expansion, activity is measured in both assays for aside-by-side comparison.

Measurement of CTL lytic activity by ⁵¹Cr release.

Seven days after the second restimulation, cytotoxicity is determined ina standard (5 hr) ⁵¹Cr release assay by assaying individual wells at asingle E:T. Peptide-pulsed targets are prepared by incubating the cellswith 10 μg/ml peptide overnight at 37° C.

Adherent target cells are removed from culture flasks with trypsin-EDTA,Target cells are labeled with 200 μCl of ⁵¹Cr sodium chromate (Dupont,Wilmington, Del.) for 1 hour al 37° C. Labeled target cells areresuspended at 10⁶ per ml and diluted 1:10 with K662 cells at aconcentration of 3.3×10⁶ /ml (an NK-sensitive erythroblastoma cell lineused to reduce non-specific lysis). Target cell is (100 ∥l) andeffectors (100 μl) are plated in 96 well round-bottom plates andincubated for 5 hours at 37° C.202P5A5 At that time, 100 μl ofsupernatant are collected from each well and percent lysis is determinedaccording to the formula:[(cpm of the test sample−cpm of the spontaneous ⁵¹Cr releasesample)/(cpm of the maximal ⁵¹ Cr release sample−cpm of the spontaneous⁵¹Cr release sample)]×100.

Maximum and spontaneous release are determined by incubating the labeledtargets with 1% Triton X-100 and media alone, respectively. A positiveculture is defined as one in which the specific lysis(sample-background) is 10% or higher in the case of individual wells andis 15% or more at the two highest E:T ratios when expanded cultures areassayed.

In Situ Measurement of Human IFNγ Production as an Indicator ofPeptide-specific and Endogenous Recognition

Immulon 2 plates are coated with mouse anti-human IFNγ monoclonalantibody (4 μg/ml 0.1M NaHCO₃. pH 3.2) overnight at 4° C. The plates arewashed with Ca^(F+), Mg²⁺-free PBS/0.05% Tween 20 and blocked withPBS/10% FCS for two hours, after which the CTLs (100 μl/well) andtargets (100 μd/well) are added to each well, leaving empty wells forthe standards and blanks (which received media only). The target cells,either peptide-pulsed or endogenous targets, are used at a concentrationof 1×10⁶ cells/ml. The plates are incubated for 48 hours at 37° C. with5% CO₂.

Recombinant human IFN-gamma is added to the standard wells starting at400 pg or 1200 pg/100 microtiter/well and the plate incubated for twohours at 37° C. The plates are washed and 100 μl of biotinylated mouseanti-human IFN-gamma monoclonal antibody (2 microgram/ml inPBS/3%FCS/0.05% Tween 20) are added and incubated for 2 hours at roomtemperature. After washing again, 100 microtiter HRP-streptavidin(1:4000) are added and the plates incubated for one hour at roomtemperature. The plates are then washed 6× with wash buffer, 100 microliter/well developing solution (1:1) are added, and the plates allowedto develop for 5-15 minutes. The reaction is stopped with 50microliter/well 1M H₃PC₄ and read at OD450. A culture is consideredpositive if it measured at least 50 pg of IFN-gamma/well abovebackground and is twice the background level of expression.

CTL Expansion

Those cultures that demonstrate specific lytic activity againstpeptide-pulsed targets and/or tumor targets are expanded over a two weekperiod with anti-CD3. Briefly, 5×10⁴ CD8+ cells are added to a T25 flaskcontaining the following: 1×10⁶ irradiated (4,200 rad) PBMC (autologousor allogeneic) per ml, 2×10⁵ irradiated (8,000 rad) EBV-transformedcells per ml, and OKT3 (anti-CD3) at 30 ng per ml in RPMI-1640containing 10% (v/v) human AB serum, non-essential amino acids, sodiumpyruvate, 26 μM 2-mercaptoethanol, L-glutamine andpenicillin/streptomycin. Recombinant human IL2 is added 24 hours laterat a final concentration of 200 IU/ml and every three days thereafterwith fresh media at 50 IU/ml. The cells are split if the cellconcentration exceeds 1×10⁵/ml and the cultures are assayed between days13 and 15 at E:T ratios of 30, 10,3 and 1:1 in the ⁵¹Cr release assay orat 1×10⁶/ml in the in situ IFNγ assay using the same targets as beforethe expansion.

Cultures are expanded in the absence of anti-CD3+ as follows. Thosecultures that demonstrate specific lytic activity against peptide andendogenous targets are selected and 5×10⁴ CD8+ cells are added to a T25flask containing the following: 1×10⁶ autologous PBMC per ml which havebeen peptide-pulsed with 10 μg/ml peptide for two hours at 37° C. andirradiated (4,200 rad); 2×10⁵ irradiated (8,000 rad) EBV-transformedcells per ml RPMI-1640 containing 10% (v/v) human AB serum,non-essential AA, sodium pyruvate, 25 mM 2-ME, L-glutamine andgentamicin.

Immunogenicity of A2 Supermotif-bearing Peptides

A2-supermotif cross-reactive binding peptides are tested in the cellularassay for the ability to induce peptide-specific CTL in normalindividuals. In this analysis, a peptide is typically considered to bean epitope if it induces peptide-specific CTLs in at least individuals,and preferably, also recognizes the endogenously expressed peptide.

Immunogenicity can also be confirmed using PBMCs isolated from patientsbearing a tumor that expresses 202P5A5. Briefly, PBMCs are isolated frompatients, re-stimulated with peptide-pulsed monocytes and assayed forthe ability to recognize peptide-pulsed target cells as well astransfected cells endogenously expressing the antigen.

Evaluation of A*03/A11 Immunogenicity

HLA-A3 screening of the B7-supertype cross-reactive binding peptidesidentified as set forth herein are methodology analogous for that usedto evaluate the immunogenicity of the HLA-A2 supermotif peptides.

Evaluation of B7 Immunogenicity

Immunogenicity screening of the B7-supertype cross-reactive bindingpeptides identified as set forth herein are confirmed in a manneranalogous to the confirmation of A2-and A3-supermotif-bearing peptides.

Peptides bearing other supermotifs/motifs, e.g., HLA-A1, HLA-A24 etc.are also confirmed using similar methodology.

EXAMPLE 15 Implementation of the Extended Supermotif to Improve theBinding Capacity of Native Epitopes by Creating Analogs

HLA motifs and supermotifs (comprising primary and/or secondaryresidues) are useful in the identification and preparation of highlycross-reactive native peptides, as demonstrated herein. Moreover, thedefinition of HLA motifs and super motifs also allows one to engineerhighly cross-reactive epitopes by identifying residues within a nativepeptide sequence which can be analoged to confer upon the peptidecertain characteristics, e.g. greater cross-reactivity within the groupof HLA molecules that comprise a supertype, and/or greater bindingaffinity for some or all of those HLA molecules. Examples of analogingpeptides to exhibit modulated binding affinity are set forth in thisexample.

Analog at Primary Anchor Residues

Peptide engineering strategies are implemented to further increase thecross-reactivity of the epitopes. For example, the main anchors ofA2-supermotif-bearing peptides are altered, for example, to introduce apreferred L, I, V, or M at position 2, and I or V at the C-terminus.

To analyze the cross-reactivity of the analog peptides, each engineeredanalog is initially tested for binding to the prototype A2 supertypeallele A*0201, then, if A*0201 binding capacity is maintained, forA2-supertype cross-reactivity.

Alternatively, a peptide is confirmed as binding one or all supertypemembers and then analoged to modulate binding affinity to any one (ormore) of the supertype members to add population coverage.

The selection of analogs for immunogenicity in a cellular screeninganalysis is typically further restricted by the capacity of the parentwild type (WT) peptide to bind at least weakly, i.e., bind at an IC₆₀ of5000 nM or less, to three of more A2 supertype alleles. The rationalefor this requirement is that the WT peptides must be presentendogenously in sufficient quantity to be biologically relevant.Analoged peptides have been shown to have increased immunogenicity andcross-reactivity by T cells specific for the parent epitope (see, e.g.,Parkhurst et al., J. Immunol. 157:2539, 1996; and Pogue et al., Proc.Natl. Acad Sci. USA 92:8166, 1995).

In the cellular screening of these peptide analogs, it is important toconfirm that analog-specific CTLs are also able to recognize thewild-type peptide and, when possible, target cells that endogenouslyexpress the epitope.

Analoging of HLA-A3 and B7-supermotif-bearinq Peptides

Analogs of HLA-A3 supermotif-bearing epitopes are generated usingstrategies similar to those employed in analoging HLA-A2supermotif-bearing peptides. For example, peptides binding to ⅗ of theA3-supertype molecules are engineered at primary anchor residues topossess a preferred residue (V, S, M, or A) at position 2.

The analog peptides are then tested for the ability to bind A*03 and A*11 (prototype A3 supertype alleles). Those peptides that demonstrate≦500 nM binding capacity are then confirmed as having A3-supertypecross-reactivity.

Similarly to the A2- and A3- motif bearing peptides, peptides binding 3or more B7-supertype alleles can be improved, where possible, to achieveincreased cross-reactive binding or greater binding affinity or bindinghalf life. B7 supermotif-bearing peptides are, for example, engineeredto possess a preferred residue (V, I, L, or F) at the C-terminal primaryanchor position, as demonstrated by Sidney et. al., (J. Immunol157:3480-3490, 1996).

Analoging at primary anchor residues of other motif and/orsupermotif-bearing epitopes is performed in a like manner.

The analog peptides are then be confirmed for immunogenicity, typicallyin a cellular screening assay. Again, it is generally important todemonstrate that analog-specific CTLs are also able to recognize thewild-type peptide and, when possible, targets that endogenously expressthe epitope.

Analoging at Secondary Anchor Residues

Moreover, HLA supermotifs are of value in engineering highlycross-reactive peptides and/or peptides that bind HLA molecules withincreased affinity by identifying particular residues at secondaryanchor positions that are associated with such properties. For example,the binding capacity of a B7 supermotif-bearing peptide with an Fresidue at position 1 is analyzed. The peptide is then analoged to, forexample, substitute L for F at position 1. The analoged peptide isevaluated for increased binding affinity, binding half life and/orincreased cross-reactivity. Such a procedure identifies analogedpeptides with enhanced properties.

Engineered analogs with sufficiently improved binding capacity orcross-reactivity can also be tested for immunogenicity inHLA-B7-transgenic mice, following for example, IFA immunization orlipopeptide immunization. Analoged peptides are additionally tested forthe ability to stimulate a recall response using PBMC from patients with202P5A5-expressing tumors.

Other Analoging Strategies

Another form of peptide analoging, unrelated to anchor positions,involves the substitution of a cysteine with α-amino butyric acid. Dueto its chemical nature, cysteine has the propensity to form disulfidebridges and sufficiently alter the peptide structurally so as to reducebinding capacity. Substitution of a-amino butyric acid for cysteine notonly alleviates this problem, but has been shown to improve binding andcrossbinding capabilities in some instances (see, e.g., the review bySette et al., In: Persistent Viral Infections, Eds. R. Ahmed an d I.Chen, John Wiley & Sons, England, 1999).

Thus, by the use of single amino acid substitutions, the bindingproperties and/or cross-reactivity of peptide ligands for HLA supertypemolecules can be modulated.

EXAMPLE 16 Identification and Confirmation of 202P5A5-derived Sequenceswith HLA-DR Binding motifs

Peptide epitopes bearing an HLA class II supermotif or motif areidentified and confirmed as outlined below using methodology similar tothat described for HLA Class I peptides.

Selection of HLA-DR-supermotif-bearing epitopes.

To identify 202P5A5-derived, HLA class II HTL epitopes, a 202P5A5antigen is analyzed for the presence of sequences bearing anHLA-DR-motif or supermotif. Specifically, 15-mer sequences are selectedcomprising a DR-supermotif, comprising a 9-mer core, and three-residueN- and C-terminal flanking regions (15 amino acids total).

Protocols for predicting peptide binding to DR molecules have beendeveloped (Southwood et al., J. Immunol. 160:3363-3373, 1998). Theseprotocols, specific for individual DR molecules, allow the scoring, andranking, of 9-mer core regions. Each protocol not only scores peptidesequences for the presence of DR-super motif primary anchors (i.e., atposition 1 and position 6) within a 9-mer core, but additionallyevaluates sequences for the presence of secondary anchors. Usingallele-specific selection tables (see, e.g., Southwood et al., ibid), ithas been found that these protocols efficiently select peptide sequenceswith a high probability of binding a particular DR molecule.Additionally, it has been found that performing these protocols intandem, specifically those for DR1, DR4w4, and DR7, can efficientlyselect DR cross-reactive peptides.

The 202P5A5-derived peptides identified above are tested for theirbinding capacity for various common HLA-DR molecules. All peptides areinitially tested for binding to the DR molecules in the primary panel:DR1, DR4w4, and DR7. Peptides binding at least two of these three DRmolecules are then tested for binding to DR2w2 β1, DR2w2 β2, DR6w19, andDR9 molecules in secondary assays. Finally, peptides binding at leasttwo of the four secondary panel DR molecules, and thus cumulatively atleast four of seven different DR molecules, are screened for binding toDR4w15, DR5w11, and DR8w2 molecules in tertiary assays. Peptides bindingat least seven of the ten DR molecules comprising the primary,secondary, and tertiary screening assays are considered cross-reactiveDR binders. 202P5A5-derived peptides found to bind common HLA-DR allelesare of particular interest.

Selection of DR3 Motif Peptides

Because HLA-DR3 is an allele that is prevalent in Caucasian, Black andHispanic populations, DR3 binding capacity is a relevant criterion inthe selection of HTL epitopes. Thus, peptides shown to be candidates mayalso be assayed for their DR3 binding capacity. However, in view of thebinding specificity of the DR3 motif, peptides binding only to DR3 canalso be considered as candidates for inclusion in a vaccine formulation.

To efficiently identify peptides that bind DR3, target 202P5A5 antigensare analyzed for sequences carrying one of the two DR3-specific bindingmotifs reported by Geluk et al. (J. Immunol. 152:5742-5748, 1994). Thecorresponding peptides are then synthesized and confirmed as having theability to bind DR3 with an affinity or 1 μM or better, i.e., less in an1 μM. Peptides are found that meet this binding criterion and qualify asHLA class II high affinity binders.

DR3 binding epitopes identified in this manner are included in vaccinecompositions with DR supermotif-bearing peptide epitopes.

Similarly to the case of HLA class l motif-bearing peptides, the classII motif-bearing peptides are analoged to improve affinity orcross-reactivity. For example, aspartic acid at position 4 of the 9-mercore sequence is an optimal residue for DR3 binding, and substitutionfor that residue often improves DR 3 binding.

EXAMPLE 17

Immunogenicity of 202P5A5-derived HTL Epitopes

This example determines immunogenic DR supermotif- and DR3 motif-bearingepitopes among those identified using the methodology set forth herein.

Immunogenicity of HTL epitopes are confirmed in a manner analogous tothe determination of immunogenicity of CTL epitopes, by assessing theability to stimulate HTL responses and/or by using appropriatetransgenic mouse models. Immunogenicity is determined by screening for:1.1)in vitro primary induction using normal PBMC or 2.) recall responsesfrom patients who have 202P5A5-expressing tumors.

EXAMPLE 18 Calculation of Phenotypic Frequencies of HLA-supertypes inVarious Ethnic Backgrounds to Determine Breadth of Population Coverage

This example illustrates the assessment of the breadth of populationcoverage of a vaccine composition comprised of multiple epitopescomprising multiple supermotifs and/or motifs.

In order to analyze population coverage, gene frequencies of HLA allelesare determined. Gene frequencies for each HLA allele are calculated fromantigen or allele frequencies utilizing the binomial distributionformulae gf=1−(SQRT(1-af)) (see, e.g., Sidney et al., Human Immunol.45:75-93, 1996). To obtain overall phenolypic frequencies, cumulativegene frequencies are calculated, and the cumulative antigen frequenciesderived by the use of the inverse formula [af=1−(1−Cgf)²].

Where frequency data is not available at the level of DNA typing,correspondence to the serologically defined antigen frequencies isassumed. To obtain total potential supertype population coverage nolinkage disequilibrium is assumed, and only alleles confirmed to belongto each of the supertypes are included (minimal estimates). Estimates oftotal potential coverage achieved by inter-loci combinations are made byadding to the A coverage the proportion of the non-A covered populationthat could be expected to be covered by the B alleles considered (e.g.,total=A+B*(1−A)). Confirmed members of the A3-like supertype are A3,A11, A31, A*3301, and A*6801. Although the A3-like supertype may alsoinclude A34, A66, and A*401, these alleles were not included in overallfrequency calculations. Likewise, confirmed members of the A2-likesupertype family are A*0201, A*0202, A*0203, A*0204, A*0205, A*0206,A*0207, A*6802, and A*6901. Finally, the B7-like supertype-confirmedalleles are: B7, B*3501-03, B51, B*5301, B5401, B*5501-2, B*5801,B*6701, and B7801(potentially also B*1401, B*3501-08, B4201, andB*5602).

Population coverage achieved by combining the A2-, A3- and B7-supertypesis approximately 86% in five major ethnic groups. Coverage may beextended by including peptides bearing the A1 and A24 motifs. Onaverage, A1 is present in 12% and A24 in 29% of the population acrossfive different major ethnic groups (Caucasian, North American Black,Chinese, Japanese, and Hispanic). Together, these alleles arerepresented with an average frequency of 39% in these same ethnicpopulations. The total coverage across the major ethnicities when A1 andA24 are combined with the coverage of the A2-, A3- and B7-supertypealleles is >95%, see, e.g. Table IV (G). An analogous approach can beused to estimate population coverage achieved with combinations of classII motif-bearing epitopes.

Immunogenicity studies in humans (e.g., Bertoni et al.,J. Clin. Invest.100:503, 1997; Doolan et al., Immunity 7:97, 1997; and Threikeld et al.,J. Immunol. 159-1848, 1997) have shown that highly cross-reactivebinding peptides are almost always recognized as epitopes. The use ofhighly cross-reactive binding peptides is an important selectioncriterion in identifying candidate epitopes for inclusion in a vaccinethat is immunogenic in a diverse population.

With a sufficient number of epitopes (as disclosed herein and from theart), an average population coverage is predicted to be greater than 95%in each of five major ethnic populations. The game theory Monte Carlosimulation analysis, which is known in the art (see e.g., Osborne, M. J.and Rubinstein, A. “A course in game theory” MIT Press, 1994), can beused to estimate what percentage of the individuals in a populationcomprised of the Caucasian, North American Black, Japanese, Chinese, andHispanic ethnic groups would recognize the vaccine epitopes describedherein. A preferred percentage is 90%, A more preferred percentage is95%.

EXAMPLE 19 CTL Recognition Of Endogenously Processed Antigens AfterPriming

This example confirms that CTL induced by native or analoged peptideepitopes identified and selected as described herein recognizeendogenously synthesized, i.e., native antigens.

Effector cells isolated from transgenic mice that are immunized withpeptide epitopes, for example HLA-A2supermotif-bearing epitopes, arere-stimulated in vitro using peptide-coated stimulator cells. Six dayslater, effector cells are assayed for cytotoxicity and the cell linesthat contain peptide-specific cytotoxic activity are furtherre-stimulated. An additional six days later, these cell lines are testedfor cytotoxic activity on ⁵¹Cr labeled Jurkat-A2.1/K=target cells in theabsence or presence of peptide, and also tested on ⁵¹Cr labeled targetcells bearing the endogenously synthesized antigen, i.e. cells that arestably transfected with 202P5A5 expression vectors.

The results demonstrate that CTL lines obtained from animals primed withpeptide epitope recognize endogenously synthesized 202P5A5 antigen. Thechoice of transgenic mouse model to be used for such an analysis dependsupon the epitope(s) that are being evaluated. In addition toHLA-A*0201/K^(t) transgenic mice, several other transgenic mouse modelsincluding mice with human A11, which may also be used to evaluate A3epitopes, and B7 alleles have been characterized and others (e.g.,transgenic mice for HLA-A1 and A24) are being developed. HLA-DR1 andHLA-DR3 mouse models have also been developed, which may be used toevaluate HTL epitopes.

EXAMPLE 20 Activity Of CTL-HTL Conjugated Epitopes In Transgenic Mice

This example illustrates the induction of CTLs and HTLs in transgenicmice, by use of a 202P5A5-derived CTL and HTL peptide vaccinecompositions. The vaccine composition used herein comprise peptides tobe administered to a patient with a 202A5A5-expressing tumor. Thepeptide composition can comprise multiple CTL and/or HTL epitopes. Theepitopes are identified using methodology as described herein. Thisexample also illustrates that enhanced immunogenicity can be achieved byinclusion of one or more HTL epitopes in a CTL vaccine composition; sucha peptide com position can comprise an HTL epitope conjugated to a CTLepitope. The CTL epitope can be one that binds to multiple HLA familymembers at an affinity of 500 nM or less, or analogs of that epitope.The peptides may be lipidated, if desired.

Immunization procedures: Immunization of transgenic mice is performed asdescribed (Alexander et al., J. Immunol 159:4753-4761, 1997). Forexample, A2/K^(D) mice, which are transgenic for the human HLA A2.1allele and are used to confirm the immunogenicity of HLA-A*0201 motif-or HLA-A2 supermotif-bearing epitopes, and are primed subcutaneously(base of the tail) with a 0.1 ml of peptide in incomplete Freund'sAdjuvant, or if the peptide composition is a lipidated CTU/HTLconjugate, in DMSO/saline, or if the peptide composition is apolypeptide, in PBS or incomplete Freund's Adjuvant. Seven days afterpriming, splenocytes obtained from these animals are restimulated withsyngenic irradiated LPS-activated lymphoblasts coated with peptide.

Cell lines: Target cells for peptide-specific cytotoxicity assays areJurkat cells transfected with the HLA-A2.1/K^(b) chimeric gene (e.g.,Vitiello et al., J. Exp. Med. 173:1007, 1991)

In vitro CTL activation: One week after priming, spleen cells (30×10⁶cells/flask) are co-cultured at 37° C. with syngenic, irradiated (3000rads), peptide coated lymphoblasts (10×10⁵ cells/flask) in 10 ml ofculture medium/T25 flask. After six days, effector cells are harvestedand assayed for cytotoxic activity.

Assay for cytotoxic activity: Target cells (1.0 to 1.5×10⁶) areincubated at 37° C. in the presence of 200 μl of ⁵¹Cr. After 60 minutes,cells are washed three times and resuspended in R10 medium. Peptide isadded where required at a concentration of 1 μg/ml. For the assay, 10⁴⁵¹Cr-labeled target cells are added to different concentrations ofeffector cells (final volume of 200 μl) in U-bottom 96-well plates.After a six hour incubation period at 37° C., a 0.1 ml aliquot ofsupernatant is removed from each well and radioactivity is determined ina Micromedic automatic gamma counter. The percent specific lysis isdetermined by the formula; percent specific release=100× (experimentalrelease—spontaneous release)/(maximum release—spontaneous release). Tofacilitate comparison between separate CTL assays run under the sameconditions, % ⁵¹Cr release data is expressed as lytic units, 10⁶ cells.One lytic unit is arbitrarily defined as the number of effector cellsrequired to achieve 30% lysis of 10,000 target cells in a six hour ⁵¹Crrelease assay. To obtain specific lytic units/10⁶, the lytic units/10⁶obtained in the absence of peptide is subtracted from the lyticunits/10⁵ obtained in the presence of peptide. For example, if 30%^(5′)Cr release is obtained at the effector (E): target (T) ratio of50:1 (i.e., 5×10⁵ effector cells for 10,000 targets) in the absence ofpeptide and 5:1 (i.e., 5×10⁴ effector cells for 10,000 targets) in thepresence of peptide, the specific lytic units would be: [( 1/50,000)−(1/500,000)]×10⁶=18 LU.

The results are analyzed to assess the magnitude of the CTL responses ofanimals injected with the immunogenic CTL/HTL conjugate vaccinepreparation and are compared to the magnitude of the CTL responseachieved using, for example, CTL epitopes as outlined above in theExample entitled “Confirmation of Immunogenicity.” Analyses similar tothis may be performed to confirm the immunogenicity of peptideconjugates containing multiple CTL epitopes and/or multiple HTLepitopes. In accordance with these procedures, it is found that a CTLresponse is induced, and concomitantly that an HTL response is inducedupon administration of such compositions.

EXAMPLE 21 Selection of CTL and HTL epitopes for inclusion in a202P5A5-specific vaccine.

This example illustrates a procedure for selecting peptide epitopes forvaccine compositions of the invention. The peptides in the compositioncan be in the form of a nucleic acid sequence, either single or one ormore sequences (i.e., minigene) that encodes peptide(s), or can besingle and/or polyepitopic peptides.

The following principles are utilized when selecting a plurality ofepitopes for inclusion in a vaccine composition. Each of the followingprinciples is balanced in order to make the selection.

Epitopes are selected which, upon administration, mimic immune responsesthat are correlated with 202P5A5 clearance. The number of epitopes useddepends on observations of patients who spontaneously clear 202P5A5. Forexample, if it has been observed that patients who spontaneously dear202P5A5-expressing cells genera be an immune response to at least three(3) epitopes from 202P5A5 antigen, then at least three epitopes shouldbe included for HLA class I. A similar rationale is used to determineHLA class II epitopes.

Epitopes are often selected thai have a binding affinity of an IC₅₀ of500 nM or less for an HLA class I molecule, or for class II, an IC₆₀ of1000 nM or less; or HLA Class I peptides with high binding scores fromthe BIMAS web site, at URL bimas.dcrt.nih.gov/.

In order to achieve broad coverage of the vaccine through out a diversepopulation, sufficient supermotif bearing peptides, or a sufficientarray of allele-specific motif bearing peptides, are selected to givebroad population coverage. In one embodiment, epitopes are selected toprovide at least 50% population coverage. A Monte Carlo analysis, astatistical evaluation known in the art, can be employed to assessbreadth, or redundancy, of population coverage.

When creating polyepitopic compositions, or a minigene that encodessame, it is typically desirable to generate the smallest peptidepossible that encompasses the epitopes of interest. The principlesemployed are similar, if not the same, as those employed when selectinga peptide comprising nested epitopes, For example, a protein sequencefor the vaccine composition is selected because it has maximal number ofepitopes contained within the sequence, i.e., it has a highconcentration of epitopes. Epitopes may be nested or overlapping (i.e.,frame shifted relative to one another). For example, with overlappingepitopes, two 9-mer epitopes and one 10-mer epitope can be present in a10 amino acid peptide. Each epitope can be exposed and bound by an HLAmolecule upon administration of such a peptide. A multi-epitopic peptidecan be generated synthetically, recombinantly, or via cleavage from thenative source. Alternatively, an analog can be made of this nativesequence, whereby one or more of the epitopes comprise substitutionsthat alter the cross-reactivity and/or binding affinity properties ofthe polyeptopic peptide. Such a vaccine composition is administered fortherapeutic or prophylactic purposes. This embodiment provides for thepossibility that an as yet undiscovered aspect of immune systemprocessing will apply to the native nested sequence and therebyfacilitate the production of therapeutic or prophylactic immuneresponse-inducing vaccine compositions. Additionally such an embodimentprovides for the possibility of motif-bearing epitopes for an HLA makeupthai is presently unknown. Furthermore, this embodiment (absent thecreating of any analogs) directs the immune response to multiple peptidesequences that are actually present in 202P5A5, thus avoiding the needto evaluate any junctional epitopes. Lastly, the embodiment provides aneconomy of scale when producing nucleic acid vaccine compositions.Related to this embodiment, computer programs can be derived inaccordance with principles in the art, which identify in a targetsequence, the greatest number of epitopes per sequence length.

A vaccine composition comprised of selected peptides, when administered,is safe, efficacious, and elicits an immune response similar inmagnitude to an immune response that controls or clears cells that bearor overexpress 202P5A5.

EXAMPLE 22 Construction of “Minigene” Multi-Epitope DNA Plasmids

This example discusses the construction of a minigene expressionplasmid. Minigene plasmids may, of course, contain variousconfigurations of B cell, CTL and/or HTL epitopes or epitope analogs asdescribed herein.

A minigene expression plasmid typically includes multiple CTL and HTLpeptide epitopes. Int he present example, HLA-A2, -A3, -B7supermotif-bearing peptide epitopes and HLA-A1 and -A24 motif-bearingpeptide epitopes are used in conjunction with DR supermotif-bearingepitopes and/or DR3 epitopes. HLA class I supermotif or motif-bearingpeptide epitopes derived 202P5A5, are selected such that multiplesupermotifs/motifs are represented to ensure broad population coverage.Similarly, HLA class II epitopes are selected from 202P5A5 to providebroad population coverage, i.e. both HLA DR-1-4-7 supermotif-bearingepitopes and HLA DR-3 motif-bearing epitopes are selected for inclusionin the minigene construct. The selected CTL and HTL epitopes are thenincorporated into a minigene for expression in an expression vector.

Such a construct may additionally include sequences that direct the HTLepitopes to the endoplasmic reticulum. For example, the li protein maybe fused to one or more HTL epitopes as described in the art, whereinthe CLIP sequence of the li protein is removed and replaced with an HLAclass II epitope sequence so that HLA class li epitope is directed tothe endoplasmic reticulum, where the epitope binds to an HLA class IImolecules.

This example illustrates the methods to be used for construction of aminigene-bearing expression plasmid. Other expression vectors that maybe used for minigene compositions are available and known to those ofskill in the art.

The minigene DNA plasmid of this example contains a consensus Kozaksequence and a consensus murine kappa lg-light chain signal sequencefollowed by CTL and/or HTL epitopes selected in accordance withprinciples disclosed herein. The sequence encodes an open reading framefused to the Myc and His antibody epitope tag coded for by the pcDNA 3.1Myc-His vector.

Overlapping oligonucleotides that can, for example, average about 70nucleotides in length with 15 nucleotide overlaps, are synthesized andHPLC-purified. The oligonucleotides encode the selected peptide epitopesas well as appropriate linker nucleotides, Kozak sequence, and signalsequence. The final multiepitope minigene is assembled by extending theoverlapping oligonucleotides in three sets of reactions using PCR. APerkin/Elmer 9600 PCR machine is used and a total of 30 cycles areperformed using the following conditions: 95° C. for 15 sec, annealingtemperature (5° below the lowest calculated Tm of each primer pair) for30 sec, and 72° C. for 1 min.

For example, a minigene is prepared as follows. For a first PCRreaction, 5 μg of each of two oligonucleotides are annealed andextended: In an example using eight oligonucleotides, i.e., four pairsof primers, oligonucleotides 1+2, 3+4, 5+3, and 7+8 are combined in 100μl reactions containing Pfu polymerase buffer (1×10 mM KCL, 10 mM(NH4)₂SO₄, 20 mM Tris-chloride, pH 8.75, 2 mM MgSO₄, 0.1% Triton X-100,100 μg/ml BSA), 0.25 mM each dNTP, and 2.5 U of Pfu polymerase. Thefull-length dimer products are gel-purified, and two reactionscontaining the product of 1+2 and 3+4, and the product of 5+6 and 7+8are mixed, annealed, and extended for 10 cycles. Half of the tworeactions are then mixed, and 5 cycles of annealing and extensioncarried out before flanking primers are added to amplify the full lengthproduct. The full-length product is gel-purified and cloned intopCR-blunt (Invitrogen) and individual clones are screened by sequencing.

EXAMPLE 23 The Plasmid Construct and the Degree to Which It InducesImmunogenicity.

The degree to which a plasmid construct, for example a plasmidconstructed in accordance with the previous Example, is able to induceimmunogenicity is confirmed in vitro by determining epitope presentationby APC following transduction or transfection of the APC with anepitope-expressing nucleic acid construct. Such a study determines“antigenicity” and allows the use of human APC. The assay determines theability of the epitope to be presented by the AFC in a context that isrecognized by a T cell by quantifying the density of epitope-HLA class Icomplexes on the cell surface. Quantitation can be performed by directlymeasuring the amount of peptide eluted from the APC (see, e.g., Sijts etal., J. Immunol 155:663-692, 1996; Demotz et al., Nature 342:682-684,1989); or the number of peptide-HLA class I complexes can be estimatedby measuring the amount of lysis or lymphokine release induced bydiseased or transfected target cells, and then determining theconcentration of peptide necessary to obtain equivalent levels of lysisor lymphokine release (see, e.g., Kageyama et al., J. Immunol.154:567-576, 1995).

Alternatively, immunogenicity is confirmed through in vivo injectionsinto mice and subsequent in vitro assessment of CTL and HTL activity,which are analyzed using cytotoxicity and proliferation assays,respectively, as detailed e.g., in Alexander et. al., Immunity1:751-761, 1994).

For example, to confirm the capacity of a DNA minigene constructcontaining at least one HLA-A2 supermotif peptide to induce CTLs invitro, HLA-A2.1/K^(b) transgenic mice, for example, are immunizedintramuscularly with 100 μg of naked cDNA. As a means of comparing thelevel of CTLs induced by cDNA immunization, a control group of animalsis also immunized with an actual peptide composition that comprisesmultiple epitopes synthesized as a single polypeptide as they would beencoded by the minigene.

Splenocytes from immunized animals are stimulated twice with each of therespective compositions (peptide epitopes encoded in the minigene or thepolyepitopic peptide), then assayed for peptide-specific cytotoxicactivity in a ⁵¹Cr release assay. The results indicate the magnitude ofthe CTL response directed against the A2-restricted epitope, thusindicating the in vivo immunogenicity of the minigene vaccine andpolyepitopic vaccine.

It is, therefore, found that the minigene elicits immune responsesdirected toward the HLA-A2 supermotif peptide epitopes as does thepolyepitopic peptide vaccine. A similar analysis is also performed usingother HLA-A3 and HLA-B7transgenic mouse models to assess CTL inductionby HLA-A3 and HLA-B7 motif or supermotif epitopes, whereby it is alsofound that the minigene elicits appropriate immune responses directedtoward the provided epitopes.

To confirm the capacity of a class II epitope-encoding minigene toinduce HTLs in vivo, DR transgenic mice, or for those epitopes thatcross react with the appropriate mouse MHC molecule, I-A^(b)-restrictedmice, for example, are immunized intramuscularly with 100 μg of plasmidDNA. As a means of comparing a the level of HTLs induced by DNAimmunization, a group of control animals is also immunized with anactual peptide composition emulsified in complete Freund's adjuvant.CD4+ T ceils, i.e. HTLs, are purified from splenocytes of immunizedanimals and stimulated with each of the respective compositions(peptides encoded in the minigene). The HTL response is measured using a³H-thymidine incorporation proliferation assay, (see, e.g., Alexander etal. Immunity 1:751-751, 1994). The results indicate the magnitude of theHTL response, thus demonstrating the in vivo immunogenicity of theminigene.

DNA minigenes, constructed as described in the previous Example, canalso be confirmed as a vaccine in combination with a boosting agentusing a prime boost protocol. The boosting agent can consist ofrecombinant protein (e.g., Barnett et al., Aids Res. and HumanRetroviruses 14, Supplement 3:S299-S309, 1998) or recombinant vaccinia,for example, expressing a minigene or DNA encoding the complete proteinof interest (see, e.g., Hanke et al., Vaccine 16:439-445, 1998; Sedegahet al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA 95:7648-53, 1998; Hanke and McMichael,Immunol. Letters 66:177-131, 1999; and Robinson et. al., Nature Med.5:526-34, 1999).

For example, the efficacy of the DNA minigene used in a prime boostprotocol is initially evaluated in transgenic mice, in this example,A2.1/K^(b) transgenic mice are immunized IM with 100 μg of a DNAminigene encoding the immunogenic peptides including at least one HLA-A2supermotif-bearing peptide. After an incubation period (ranging from 3-9weeks), the mice are boosted IP with 10⁷ pfu/mouse of a recombinantvaccinia virus expressing the same sequence encoded by the DNA minigene.Control mice are immunized with 100 ng of DNA or recombinant vacciniawithout the minigene sequence, or with DNA encoding the minigene, butwithout the vaccinia boost. After an additional incubation period of twoweeks, splenocytes from the mice are immediately assayed forpeptide-specific activity in an ELISPOT assay. Additionally, splenocytesare stimulated in vitro with the A2-restricted peptide epitopes encodedin the minigene and recombinant vaccinia, then assayed forpeptide-specific activity in an alpha, beta and/or gamma IFN ELISA.

It is found that the minigene utilized in a prime-boost protocol elicitsgreater immune responses toward the HLA-A2supermotif peptides than withDNA alone. Such an analysis can also be performed using HLA-A11 orHLA-B7 transgenic mouse models to assess CTL induction by HLA-A3 orHLA-B7 motif or supermotif epitopes. The use of prime boost protocols inhumans is described below in the Example entitled “Induction of CTLResponses Using a Prime Boost Protocol.”

EXAMPLE 24 Peptide Compositions for Prophylactic Uses

Vaccine compositions of the present invention can be used to prevent202P5A5 expression in persons who are at risk for tumors that bear thisantigen. For example, a polyepitopic peptide epitope composition (or anucleic acid comprising the same) containing multiple CTL and HTLepitopes such as those selected in the above Examples, which are alsoselected to target greater than 80% of the population, is administeredto individuals at risk for a 202P5A5-associated tumor.

For example, a peptide-based composition is provided as a singlepolypeptide that encompasses multiple epitopes. The vaccine is typicallyadministered in a physiological solution that comprises an adjuvant,such as incomplete Freunds Adjuvant. The dose of peptide for the initialimmunization is from about 1 to about 50,000 μg, generally 100-5,000 μg,for a 70 kg patient. The initial administration of vaccine is followedby booster dosages at 4 weeks followed by evaluation of the magnitude ofthe immune response in the patient, by techniques that determine thepresence of epitope-specific CTL populations in a PBMC sample.Additional booster doses are administered as required. The compositionis found to be both safe and efficacious as a prophylaxis against202P5A5-associated disease.

Alternatively, a composition typically comprising transfecting agents isused for the administration of a nucleic acid-based vaccine inaccordance with methodologies known in the art and disclosed herein.

EXAMPLE 25 Polyepitopic Vaccine Compositions Derived from Native 202P5A5Sequences

A native 202P5A5 poly protein sequence is analyzed, preferably usingcomputer algorithms defined for each class I and/or class II supermotifor motif, to identify “relatively short” regions of the polyprotein thatcomprise multiple epitopes. The “relatively short” regions arepreferably less in length than an entire native antigen. This relativelyshort sequence that contains multiple distinct or overlapping, “nested”epitopes can be used to generate a minigene construct. The construct isengineered to express the peptide, which corresponds to the nativeprotein sequence. The “relatively short” peptide is generally less than250 amino acids in length, often less than 100 amino acids in length,preferably less than 75 amino acids in length, and more preferably lessthan 50 amino acids in length. The protein sequence of the vaccinecomposition is selected because it has maximal number of epitopescontained within the sequence, i.e., it has a high concentration ofepitopes. As noted herein, epitope motifs may be nested or overlapping(i.e., frame shifted relative to one another). For example, withoverlapping epitopes, two 9-mer epitopes and one 10-mer epitope can bepresent in a 10 amino acid peptide, Such a vaccine composition isadministered For therapeutic or prophylactic purposes.

The vaccine composition will include, for example, multiple CTL epitopesfrom 202P5A5 antigen and at least one HTL epitope. This polyepitopicnative sequence is administered either as a peptide or as a nucleic acidsequence which encodes the peptide. Alternatively, an analog can be madeof this native sequence, whereby one or more of the epitopes comprisesubstitutions that alter the cross-reactivity and/or binding affinityproperties of the polyepitopic peptide.

The embodiment of this example provides for the possibility thai an asyet undiscovered aspect of immune system processing will apply to thenative nested sequence and thereby facilitate the production oftherapeutic or prophylactic immune response-inducing vaccinecompositions. Additionally, such an embodiment provides for thepossibility of motif-bearing epitopes for an HLA makeup(s) that ispresently unknown. Furthermore, this embodiment (excluding an analogedembodiment) directs the immune response to multiple peptide sequencesthat are actually present in native 202P5A5, thus avoiding the need toevaluate any junctional epitopes. Lastly, the embodiment provides aneconomy of scale when producing peptide or nucleic acid vaccinecompositions.

Related to this embodiment, computer programs are available in the artwhich can be used to identify in a target sequence, the greatest numberof epitopes per sequences length.

EXAMPLE 26 Polyepitopic Vaccine Compositions from Multiple Antigens

The 202P5A5 peptide epitopes of the present invention are used inconjunction with epitopes from other target tumor-associated antigens,to create a vaccine composition that is useful for the prevention ortreatment of cancer that expresses 202P5A5 and such other antigens. Forexample, a vaccine composition can be provided as a single polypeptidethat incorporates multiple epitopes from 202P5A5 as well astumor-associated antigens that are often expressed with a target cancerassociated with 202P5A5 expression, or can be administered as acomposition comprising a cocktail of one or more discrete epitopes.Alternatively, the vaccine can be administered as a minigene constructoras dendritic cells which have been loaded with the peptide epitopes invitro.

EXAMPLE 27 Use of Peptides to Evaluate an Immune Response

Peptides of the invention may be used to analyze an immune response forthe presence of specific antibodies, CTL or HTL directed to 202A5A5.Such an analysis can be performed in a manner described by Ogg et al.,Science 279:2103-2106, 1998. In this Example, peptides in accordancewith the invention are used as a reagent for diagnostic or prognosticpurposes, not as an immunogen.

In this example highly sensitive human leukocyte antigen tetramericcomplexes (“tetramers”) are used for a cross-sectional sectionalanalysis of, for example, 202P5A5 HLA-A*0201-specific CTL frequenciesfrom HLA A*0201-positive individuals al different stages of disease orfollowing immunization comprising a 202P5A5 peptide containing an A*0201motif. Tetrameric complexes are synthesized as described (Musey et. al.,W. Engl. J. Med. 337:1267, 1997). Briefly, purified HLA heavy chain(A*0201 in this example) and (β-microglobulin are synthesized by meansof a prokaryotic expression system. The heavy chain is modified bydeletion of the transmembrane-cytosolic tail and COOH-terminal additionof a sequence containing a BirA enzymatic biolinylation site. The heavychain. B2-microglobulin, and peptide are refolded by dilution. The 45-kDrefolded product is isolated by fast protein liquid chromatography andthen biotinylated by BirA in the presence of biotin (Sigma, St, Louis,Mo.), adenosine 5′ triphosphate and magnesium.Streptovidin-phycoerythrin conjugate is added in a 1:4 molar ratio, andthe tetrameric product is concentrated to 1 mg/ml. The resulting productis referred to as tetramer-phycoerythrin.

For the analysis of patient blood samples, approximately one millionPBMCs are centrifuged at 300g for 5 minutes and resuspended in 50 μl ofcold phosphate-buffered saline. Tri-color analysis is performed with thetetramer-phycoerythrin, along with anti-CD8-Tricolor, and anti-CD38. ThePBMCs are incubated with tetramer and antibodies on ice for 30 to 60 minand then washed twice before formaldehyde fixation. Gates are applied tocontain >99.98% of control samples. Controls for the tetramers includeboth A*0201-negative individuals and A*0201-positive non-diseaseddonors. The percentage of cells stained with the tetramer is thendetermined by flow cytometry. The results indicate the number of cellsin the PBMC sample that contain epitope-restricted CTLs, thereby readilyindicating the extent of immune response to the 202P5A5 epitope, andthus the status of exposure to 202P5A5, or exposure to a vaccine thatelicits a protective or therapeutic response.

EXAMPLE 26 Use of Peptide Epitopes to Evaluate Recall Responses

The peptide epitopes of the invention are used as reagents to evaluate Tcell responses, such as acute or recall responses, in patients. Such ananalysis may be performed on patients who have recovered from202A5A5-associated disease or who have been vaccinated with a 202P5A5vaccine.

For example, the class I restricted CTL response of persons who havebeen vaccinated may be analyzed. The vaccine may be any 202P5A5 vaccine.PBMC are collected from vaccinated individuals and HLA typed.Appropriate peptide epitopes of the invention that, optimally, bearsupermotifs to provide cross-reactivity with multiple HLA supertypefamily members, are then used for analysis of samples derived fromindividuals who bear that HLA type.

PBMC from vaccinated individuals are separated on Ficoll-Histopaquedensity gradients (Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, Mo.), washed threetimes in HBSS (GIBCO Laboratories), resuspended in RPMI-1640 (GIBCOLaboratories) supplemented with L-glutamine (2 mM), penicillin (50 /ml),streptomycin (50 μg/ml), and Hepes (10 mM) containing 10%heat-inactivated human AB serum (complete RPMI) and plated usingmicroculture formats. A synthetic peptide comprising an epitope of theinvention is added at 10 μg/ml to each well and HBV core 128-140 epitopeis added at 1 μg/ml to each well as a source of T cell help during thefirst week of stimulation.

In the microculture formal, 4×10⁵ PBMC are stimulated with peptide in 8replicate cultures in 96-well round bottom plate in 100 μl/well ofcomplete RPMI. On days 3 and 10, 100 μl of complete RPMI and 20 U/mlfinal concentration of rIL-2 are added to each well. On day 7 thecultures are transferred into a 96-well flat-bottom plate andrestimulated with peptide, rIL-2 and 10⁶ irradiated (3,000 rad)autologous feeder calls. The cultures are tested for cytotoxic activityon day 14. A positive CTL response requires two or more of the eightreplicate cultures to display greater than 10% specific ⁵¹Cr release,based on comparison with non-diseased control subjects as previouslydescribed (Rehermann, et. al., Nature Med. 2:1104,1108, 1996; Rehermannet al., J. Clin. Invest 97:1655-1665, 1996; and Rehermann et al. J.Clin. Invest. 98:1432-1440, 1996).

Target cell lines are autologous and allogeneic EBV-transformed B-LCLthat are either purchased from the American Society forHistocompatibility and immunogenetics (ASHI, Boston, Mass.) orestablished from the pool of patients as described (Guilhot, et al. J.Virol. 66:2670-2673, 1992).

Cytotoxicity assays are performed in the following manner. Target cellsconsist of either allogeneic HLA-matched or autologous EBV-transformed Blymphoblastoid cell line that are incubated overnight with the syntheticpeptide epitope of the invention at 10 μM, and labeled with 100 μCi of⁵¹Cr (Amersham Corp., Arlington Heights, Ill.) for 1 hour after whichthey are washed four times with HBSS.

Cytolytic activity is determined in a standard 4-h, split well ⁵¹Crrelease assay using U-bottomed 96 well plates containing 3,000targets/well. Stimulated PBMC are tested at effector/target (E/T) ratiosof 20-50:1 on day 14. Percent cytotoxicity is determined from theformula: 100× [(experimental release-spontaneous release)/maximumrelease-spontaneous release)]. Maximum release is determined by lysis oftargets by detergent (2% Triton X-100; Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis,Mo.). Spontaneous release is <25% of maximum release for allexperiments.

The results of such an analysis indicate the extent to whichHLA-restricted CTL populations have been stimulated by previous exposureto 202P5A5 or a 202P5A5 vaccine.

Similarly, Class II restricted HTL responses may also be analyzed.Purified PBMC are cultured in a 96-well flat bottom plate at a densityof 1.5×10⁵ cells/well and are stimulated with 10 μg/ml synthetic peptideof the invention, whole 202P5A5 antigen, or PHA. Cells are routinelyplated in replicates of 4-6 welts for each condition. After seven daysof culture, the medium is removed and replaced with fresh mediumcontaining 10 U/ml IL-2. Two days later, 1 μCi ³H-thymidine is added toeach well and incubation is continued for an additional 16 hours.Cellular DNA is then harvested on glass fiber mats and analyzed for³H-thymidine incorporation. Antigen-specific T cell proliferation iscalculated as the ratio of ³H-thymidine incorporation in the presence ofantigen divided by the ³H-thymidine incorporation in the absence ofantigen.

EXAMPLE 29 Induction Of Specific CTL Response in Humans

A human clinical trial for an immunogenic composition comprising CTL andHTL epitopes of the invention is set up as an IND Phase I, doseescalation study and earned out as a randomized, double-blind,placebo-controlled trial. Such a trial is designed, for example, asfollows:

A total of about 27 individuals are enrolled and divided into 3 groups:

Group I: 3 subjects are injected with placebo and 6 subjects areinjected with 5 μg of peptide composition;

Group II: 3 subjects are injected with placebo and 6 subjects areinjected with 50 μg peptide composition;

Group III: 3 subjects are injected with placebo and 6 subjects areinjected with 500 μg of peptide composition,

After 4 weeks following the first injection, all subjects receive abooster inoculation at the same dosage.

The endpoints measured in this study relate to the safety andtolerability of the peptide composition as well as its immunogenicity.Cellular immune responses to the peptide composition are an index of theintrinsic activity of this the peptide composition, and can therefore beviewed as a measure of biological efficacy. The following summarize theclinical and laboratory data that relate to safely and efficacyendpoints.

Safety: The incidence of adverse events is monitored in the placebo anddrug treatment group and assessed in terms of degree and reversibility.

Evaluation of Vaccine Efficacy: For evaluation of vaccine efficacy,subjects are bled before and after injection. Peripheral bloodmononuclear calls are isolated from fresh heparinized blood byFicoll-Hypaque density gradient centrifugation, aliquoted in freezingmedia and stored frozen. Samples are assayed for CTL and HTL activity.

The vaccine is found to be both safe and efficacious.

EXAMPLE 30 Phase II Trials In Patients Expressing 202P5A5

Phase II trials are performed to study the effect of administering theCTL-HTL peptide compositions to patients having cancer that expresses202P5A5. The main objectives of the trial are to determine an effectivedose and regimen for inducing CTLs in cancer patients that express202P5A5, to establish the safety of inducing a CTL and HTL response inthese patients, and to see to what extent activation of CTLs improvesthe clinical picture of these patients, as manifested, e.g., by thereduction and/or shrinking of lesions. Such a study is designed, forexample, as follows:

The studies are performed in multiple centers. The trial design is anopen-label, uncontrolled, dose escalation protocol wherein the peptidecomposition is administered as a single dose followed six weeks later bya single booster shot of the same dose. The dosages are 50, 500 and5,000 micrograms per injection. Drug-associated adverse effects(severity and reversibility) are recorded.

There are three patient groupings. The first group is injected with 50micrograms of the peptide composition and the second and third groupswith 500 and 5,000 micrograms of peptide composition, respectively. Thepatients within each group range in age from 21-55 and represent diverseethnic backgrounds. All of them have a tumor that expresses 202P5A5.

Clinical manifestations or antigen-specific T-cell responses aremonitored to assess the effects of administering the peptidecompositions. The vaccine composition is found to be both safe andefficacious in the treatment of 202P5A5-associated disease.

EXAMPLE 31 Induction of CTL Responses Using a Prime Boost Protocol

A prime boost protocol similar in its underlying principle to that usedto confirm the efficacy of a DNA vaccine in transgenic mice, such asdescribed above in the Example entitled “The Plasmid Construct and theDegree to Which It Induces Immunogenicity,” can also be used far theadministration of the vaccine to humans. Such a vaccine regimen caninclude an initial administration of, for example, naked DNA followed bya boost using recombinant virus encoding the vaccine, or recombinantprotein/polypeptide or a peptide mixture administered in an adjuvant.

For example, the initial immunization may be performed using anexpression vector, such as that constructed in the Example entitled“Construction of “Minigene” Multi-Epitope DNA Plasmids” in the form ofnaked nucleic acid administered IM (or SC or ID) in the amounts of 0.5-5mg at multiple sites. The nucleic acid (0.1 to 1000 μg) can also beadministered using a gene gun. Following an incubation period of 3-4weeks, a booster dose is then administered. The booster can berecombinant fowl pox virus administered at a dose of 5-10⁷ to 5×10⁹ pfu.An alternative recombinant virus, such as an MVA, canarypox, adenovirus,or adeno-associated virus, can also be used for the booster, or thepolyepitopic protein or a mixture of the peptides can be administered.For evaluation of vaccine efficacy, patient blood samples are obtainedbefore immunization as well as at intervals following administration ofthe initial vaccine and booster doses of the vaccine. Peripheral bloodmononuclear cells are isolated from fresh heparinized blood byFicoll-Hypaque density gradient centrifugal Lon, aliquoted in freezingmedia and stored frozen. Samples are assayed for CTL and HTL activity.

Analysis of the results indicates that a magnitude of responsesufficient to achieve a therapeutic or protective immunity against202P5A5 is generated.

EXAMPLE 32 Administration of Vaccine Compositions Using Dendritic Calls(DC)

Vaccines comprising peptide epitopes of the invention can beadministered using APCs, or “professional” APCs such as DC. In thisexample, peptide-pulsed DC are administered to a patient to stimulate aCTL response in vivo. In this method, dendritic cells are isolated,expanded, and pulsed with a vaccine comprising peptide CTL and HTLepitopes of the invention. The dendritic cells are infused back Into thepatient to elicit CTL and HTL responses in vivo. The induced CTL and HTLthen destroy or facilitate destruction, respectively, of the targetcells that bear the 202P5A5 protein from which the epitopes in thevaccine are derived.

For example, a cocktail of epitope-comprising peptides is administeredex vivo to PBMC, or isolated DC therefrom. A pharmaceutical tofacilitate harvesting of DC can be used, such as Progenipoietin™(Monsanto, St. Louis, Mo.) or GM-CSF/IL-4 . After pulsing the DC withpeptides, and prior to reinfusion into patients, the DC are washed toremove unbound peptides.

As appreciated clinically, and readily determined by one of skill basedon clinical outcomes, the number of DC reinfused into the patient canvary (see, e.g. Nature Med. 4:328, 1998; Nature Med, 2:52, 1996 andProstate 32:272, 1997). Although 2-60×10⁶ DC per patient are typicallyadministered, larger number of DC, such as 10⁷ or 10⁸ can also beprovided. Such cell populations typically contain between 50-90% DC.

In some embodiments, peptide-loaded PBMC are injected into patientswithout purification of the DC. For example, PBMC generated aftertreatment with an agent such as Progenipoietin™ are injected intopatients without purification of the DC. The total number of PBMC thatare administered often ranges from 10⁸ to 10¹⁰. Generally, the celldoses injected into patients is based on the percentage of DC in theblood of each patient, as determined, for example, by immunofluorescenceanalysis with specific anti-DC antibodies. Thus, for example, ifProgenipoietin™ mobilizes 2% DC in the peripheral blood of a givenpatient, and that patient is to receive 5×10⁶ DC, then the patient willbe injected with a total of 2.5×10⁸ peptide-loaded PBMC. The percent DCmobilized by an agent such as Progenipoietin™ is typically estimated tobe between 2-10%, but can vary as appreciated by one of skill in theart.

Ex Vivo Activation of CTL/HTL Responses

Alternatively, ex vivo CTL or HTL responses to 202P5A5 antigens can beinduced by incubating, in tissue culture, the patient's, or geneticallycompatible, CTL or HTL precursor cells together with a source of APC,such as DC, and immunogenic peptides. After an appropriate incubationtime (typically about 7-28 days), in which the precursor cells areactivated and expanded into effector cells, the cells are infused intothe patient, where they will destroy (CTL) or facilitate destruction(HTL) of their specific target cells, i.e., tumor cells.

EXAMPLE 33 An Alternative Method of Identifying and ConfirmingMotif-Bearing Peptides

Another method of identifying and confirming motif-bearing peptides isto elute them from cells bearing defined MHC molecules. For example. EBVtransformed B cell lines used for tissue typing have been extensivelycharacterized to determine which HLA molecules they express. In certaincases these cells express only a single type of HLA molecule. Thesecells can be transfected with nucleic acids that express the antigen ofinterest, e.g. 202P5A5. Peptides produced by endogenous antigenprocessing of peptides produced as a result of transfection will thenbind to HLA molecules within the cell and be transported and displayedon the cell's surface. Peptides are then eluted from the HLA moleculesby exposure to mild acid conditions and their amino acid sequencedetermined, e.g., by mass spectral analysis (e.g., Kubo et. al., J.Immunol. 152:3313, 1994). Because the majority of peptides that bind aparticular HLA molecule are motif-bearing, this is an alternativemodality for obtaining the motif-bearing peptides correlated with theparticular HLA molecule expressed on the cell.

Alternatively, cell lines that do not express endogenous HLA moleculescan be transfected with an expression construct encoding a single HLAallele. These cells can then be used as described, i.e., they can thenbe transfected with nucleic acids that encode 202P5A5 to isolatepeptides corresponding to 202P5A5 that have been presented on the cellsurface. Peptides obtained from such an analysis will bear motif(s) thatcorrespond to binding to the single HLA allele that is expressed in thecell.

As appreciated by one in the art, one can perform a similar analysis ona cell bearing more than one HLA allele and subsequently determinepeptides specific for each HLA allele expressed. Moreover, one of skillwould also recognize that means other than transfection, such as loadingwith a protein antigen, can be used to provide a source of antigen tothe cell.

EXAMPLE 34 Complementary Polynucleotides

Sequences complementary to the 202P5A5-encoding sequences, or any partsthereof, are used to detect, decrease, or inhibit expression ofnaturally occurring 202P5A5. Although use of oligonucleotides comprisingfrom about 15 to 30 base pairs is described, essentially the sameprocedure is used with smaller or with larger sequence fragments.Appropriate oligonucleotides are designed using, e.g., OLIGO 4.06software (National Biosciences) and the coding sequence of 202P5A5. Toinhibit transcription, a complementary oligonucleotide is designed fromthe most unique 5′ sequence and used to prevent promoter binding to thecoding sequence. To inhibit translation, a complementary oligonucleotideis designed to prevent ribosomal binding to a 202P5A5-encodingtranscript.

EXAMPLE 35 Purification of Naturally-occurring or Recombinant 202P5A5Using 202P5A5-Specific Antibodies

Naturally occurring or recombinant 202P5A5 is substantially purified byimmunoaffinity chromatography using antibodies specific for 202P5A5. Animmunoaffinity column is constructed by covalently coupling anti-202P5A5antibody to an activated chromatographic resin, such as CNBr-activatedSEPHAROSE (Amersham Pharmacia Biotech). After the coupling, the resin isblocked and washed according to the manufacturer's instructions.

Media containing 202P5A5 are passed over the immunoaffinity column, andthe column is washed under conditions that allow the preferentialabsorbance of 202P5A5 (e.g., high ionic strength buffers in the presenceof detergent). The column is eluted under conditions that disruptantibody/202P5A5 binding (e.g., a buffer of pH 2 to pH 3, or a highconcentration of a chaotrope, such as urea or thiocyanate ion), andGCR.P is collected.

EXAMPLE 36 Identification of Molecules Which Interact with 202P5A5

202P5A5, or biologically active fragments (hereof, are labeled with 1211 Bolton-Hunter reagent. (See, e.g., Bolton et al. (1973) Biochem. J.133:529.) Candidate molecules previously arrayed in the wells of amulti-well plate are incubated with the labeled 202P5A5, washed, and anywells with labeled 202P5A5 complex are assayed. Data obtained usingdifferent concentrations of 202P5A5 are used to calculate values for thenumber, affinity, and association of 202P5A5 with the candidatemolecules.

EXAMPLE 37 In Vivo Assay for 202P5A5 Tumor Growth Promotion

The effect of the 202P5A5 protein on tumor cell growth is evaluated invivo by evaluating tumor development and growth of cells expressing orlacking 202P5A5. For example, SCID mice are injected subcutaneously oneach flan), with 1×10⁶ of either 3T3, prostate (e.g. PC3 cells), bladder(e.g. UM-UC3 cells) or breast (e.g. DU4475 cells) cancer cell linescontaining IkNeo empty vector or 202P5A5. At least two strategies may beused: (1) Constitutive 202A5A5 expression under regulation of a promotersuch as a constitutive promoter obtained from the genomes of virusessuch as polyoma virus, fowlpox virus (UK 2,211,504 published 5 Jul.1989), adenovirus (such as Adenovirus 2), bovine papilloma virus, aviansarcoma virus, cytomegalovirus, a retrovirus, hepatitis-B virus andSimian Virus 40 (SV40), or from heterologous mammalian promoters, e.g.,the actin promoter or an immunoglobulin promoter, provided suchpromoters are compatible with the host cell systems, and (2) Regulatedexpression under control of an inducible vector system, such asacdysone, tetracycline, etc., provided such promoters are compatiblewith the host cell systems. Tumor volume is then monitored by calipermeasurement at the appearance of palpable tumors and followed overtimeto determine if 202P5A5-expressing cells grow at a faster rate andwhether tumors produced by 202A5A5-expressing cells demonstratecharacteristics of altered aggressiveness (e.g. enhanced metastasis,vascularization, reduced responsiveness to chemotherapeutic drugs).

Additionally, mice can be implanted with 1×10⁵ of the same cellsorthotopically to determine if 202P5A5 has an effect on local growth inthe pancreas, and whether 202P5A5 affects the ability of the cells tometastasize, specifically to lymph nodes, and bone (Miki T et al, OncolRes. 2001;12:209; Fu X et al, Int J Cancer. 1991, 49:938). The effect of202P5A5 on bone tumor formation and growth may be assessed by injectingtumor cells intratibially. The assay is also useful to determine the202P5A5 inhibitory effect of candidate therapeutic compositions, such asfor example, 202P5A5 intrabodies, 202A5A5 antisense molecules andribozymes.

EXAMPLE 38 202A5A5 Monoclonal Antibody-mediated Inhibition of Tumors InVivo

The significant expression of 202P5A5 in cancer tissues, together withits restrictive expression in normal tissues makes 202P5A5 a good targetfor antibody therapy. Similarly, 202P5A5 is a target for T cell-basedimmunotherapy. Thus, the therapeutic efficacy of anti-202P5A5 mAbs inhuman cancer xenograft mouse models, including prostate, bladder andbreast (e.g. DU4475 cells) and other 202P5A5 cancers listed in table I,is evaluated by using recombinant cell lines such as PC3-202P5A5,UM-UC3-202P5A5, DU4475-202P5A5, and 3T3-202P5A5 (see, e.g., Kaighn, M.E., et. al., Invest Urol. 1979. 17 (1): 16-23), as well as humanxenograft models (Saffran et al. PNAS 1999, 10:1073-1078).

Antibody efficacy on tumor growth and metastasis formation is studied,e.g., in a mouse orthotopic ovary, pancreas, or blood cancer xenograftmodels. The antibodies can be unconjugated, as discussed in thisExample, or can be conjugated to a therapeutic modality, as appreciatedin the art. Anti-202P5A5 mAbs inhibit formation of tumors in mousexenografts. Anti-202P5A5 mAbs also retard the growth of establishedorthotopic tumors and prolonged survival of tumor-bearing mice. Theseresults indicate the utility of anti-202P5A5 mAbs in the treatment oflocal and advanced stages several solid tumors. (See, e.g., Saffran, D ,et al., PNAS 10:1073-1078 or world wide web URLpnas.org/cgi/dol/10.1073/pnas.051624698).

Administration of the anti-202P5A5 mAbs led to retardation ofestablished orthotopic tumor growth and inhibition of metastasis todistant sites, resulting in a significant prolongation in the survivalof tumor-bearing mice. These studies indicate that 202P5A5 as anattractive target for immunotherapy and demonstrate the therapeuticpotential of anti-202P5A5 mAbs for the treatment of local and metastaticcancer. This example indicates that unconjugated 202P5A5 monoclonalantibodies are effective to inhibit the growth of human pancreatic,ovarian, and lymphomas tumor xenografts grown in SCID mice; accordinglya combination of such efficacious monoclonal antibodies is alsoeffective.

Tumor Inhibition Using Multiple Unconjugated 202P5A5 mAbs

Materials and Methods

202P5A5 Monoclonal Antibodies:

Monoclonal antibodies are raised against 202P5A5 as described in theExample entitled “Generation of 202P5A5 Monoclonal Antibodies (mAbs).”The antibodies are characterized by ELISA. Western blot, FACS, andimmunoprecipitation for their capacity to bind 202P5A5. Epitope mappingdata for the anti-202P5A5 mAbs, as determined by ELISA and Westernanalysis recognize epitopes on the 202P5A5 protein. Immunohistochemicalanalysis of cancer tissues and cells with these antibodies is performed.

The monoclonal antibodies are purified from ascites or hybridoma tissueculture supernatants by Protein-G Sepharose chromatography, dialyzedagainst PBS, filter sterilized, and stored at −20° C. Proteindeterminations are performed by a Bradford assay (Bio-Rad, Hercules,Calif.). A therapeutic monoclonal antibody or a cocktail comprising amixture of individual monoclonal antibodies is prepared and used for thetreatment of mice receiving subcutaneous or orthotopic injections ofPC3, UM-UC3, CaKi and A4271 tumor xenografts.

Cell Lines and Xenografts

The LAPC-9 xenograft, which expresses a wild-type androgen receptor andproduces prostate-specific antigen (PSA), is passage din 6- to8-week-old male ICR-severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice (TaconicFarms) by s.c. trocar implant (Craft, N., et al., 1999, Cancer Res.59:5030-5030). The AGS-K3 and AGS-K6 kidney xenografts are also passagedby subcutaneous implants in 6- to 8-week old SCID mice. Single-cellsuspensions of tumor cells are prepared as described in Craft, el al.

The cancer cell lines PC3, UM-UC3 and DU4475 cell lines, as well as thefibroblast line NIH 3T3 (American Type (Culture Collection). Theprostate carcinoma cell line PC3 is maintained in RPMI supplemented withL-glutamine and 10% FBS, and the bladder and breast carcinoma lines,UM-UC3 and DU4475 respectively, are maintained in DMEM supplemented withL-glutamine and 10% FBS. PC3-202P5A5, UM-UC3-202P5A5, DU 4475-202P5A5and 3T3-202P5A5 cell populations are generated by retroviral genetransfer as described in Hubert, R. S., et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA,1999. 96(25): 14523.

Xenograft Mouse Models

Subcutaneous (s.c.) tumors are generated by injection of 2×10⁵ cancercells mixed at a 1:1 dilution with Matrigel (Collaborative Research) inthe right flank of male SCID mice. To test antibody efficacy on tumorformation, antibody injections are started on the same day as tumor-cellinjections. As a control, mice are injected with either purified mouseIgG (ICN) or PBS; or a purified monoclonal antibody that recognizes anirrelevant antigen not expressed in human cells. In preliminary studies,no difference is found between IgG or PBS on tumor growth. Tumor sizesare determined by caliper measurements, and the tumor volume iscalculated as length x width x height. Mice with Subcutaneous tumorsgreater than 1.5 cm in diameter are sacrificed.

Orthotopic injections are performed under anesthesia by usingketamine/xylazine. For prostate orthotopic studies, an incision is madethrough the abdominal muscles to expose the bladder and seminalvesicles, which then are delivered through the incision to expose thedorsal prostate. LAPC-9 cells (×105) mixed with Matrigel are injectedinto each dorsal lobe in a 10 μl volume. To monitor tumor growth, miceare bled on a weekly basis for determination of PSA levels. For thebreast orthopotic model, an incision is made through the abdominalmuscles to expose the mammary tissues and a single cell suspension ofbreast cancer cells is injected into the mammary pad. For the bladderorthotopic model, AGS-B1 bladder cancer tissue is adhered onto thebladder wall. Following tumor implantation, the mice are segregated intogroups for the appropriate treatments, with anti-202P5A5 or control mAbsbeing injected i.p. To monitor tumor growth, mice are palpated and bloodis collected on a weekly basis to measure hCG levels.

Anti-202P5A5 mAbs Inhibit Growth of 202A5A5-Expressing Xenograft-CancerTumors

The effect of anti-202P5A5 mAbs on tumor formation is tested by usingcell line (e.g. PC3, UM-UC3, DU4475 and 3T3) and patient-derived tumororthotopic models. As compared with the s.c. tumor model, the orthotopicmodel, which requires injection of tumor cells directly in the mouseorgan that results in a local tumor growth, development of metastasis indistal sites, deterioration of mouse health, and subsequent death(Saffran, D., et al., PNAS supra). The features make the orthotopicmodel more representative of human disease progression and allowed thetherapeutic effect of mAbs on clinically relevant end points to befollowed more easily.

A major advantage of the orthotopic cancer models is the ability tostudy the development of metastases. Formation of metastasis in micebearing established orthotopic tumors is studies by IHC analysis on lungsections using an antibody against a tumor-specific cell-surface proteinsuch as anti-CK20 for prostate cancer (Lin S et al, Cancer Detect Prev.2001;25;202).

Another advantage of xenograft cancer models is the ability to studyneovascularization and angiogenesis. Tumor growth is partly dependent onnew blood vessel development. Although the capillary system anddeveloping blood network is of host origin, the initiation andarchitecture of the neovasculature is regulated by the xenograft tumor(Davidoff A M et al, Clin Cancer Res. 2001;7:2870; Solesvik O et al, EurJ Cancer Clin Oncol. 1984, 20:1295). The effect of antibody and smallmolecule on neovascularization is studied in accordance with proceduresknown in the art, such as by IHC analysis of tumor tissues and theirsurrounding microenvironment.

Mice bearing established orthotopic tumors are administered 1000 μginjections of either anti-202P5A5 mAb or PBS over a 4-week period. Micein both groups are allowed to establish a high tumor burden, to ensure ahigh frequency of metastasis formation in mouse lungs. Mice then arekilled and their bladders, livers, bone, and lungs are analyzed for thepresence of tumor cells by IHC analysis. These studies demonstrate abroad anti-tumor efficacy of anti-202P5A5 antibodies on initiation andprogression of prostate cancer in xenograft mouse models. Anti-202P5A5antibodies inhibit tumor formation of tumors as welt as retarding thegrowth of already established tumors and prolong the survival of treatedmice. Moreover, anti-202P5A5 mAbs demonstrate a dramatic inhibitoryeffect on the spread of local prostate tumor to distal sites, even inthe presence of a large tumor burden.

Thus, anti-202P5A5 mAbs are efficacious on major clinically relevant endpoints (tumor growth), prolongation of survival, and health.

EXAMPLE 39 Therapeutic and Diagnostic use of Anti-202A5A5 Antibodies inHumans

Anti-202P5A5 monoclonal antibodies are safely and effectively used fordiagnostic, prophylactic, prognostic and/or therapeutic purposes inhumans. Western blot and immunohistochemical analysis of cancer tissuesand cancer xenografts with anti-202A5A5 mAb show strong extensivestaining in carcinoma but significantly lower or undetectable levels innormal tissues. Detection of 202P5A5 in carcinoma and in metastaticdisease demonstrates the usefulness of the mAb as a diagnostic and/orprognostic indicator. Anti-202P5A5 antibodies are therefore used indiagnostic applications such as immunohistochemistry of kidney biopsyspecimens to detect cancer from suspect patients.

As determined by flow cytometry, anti-202P5A5 mAb specifically binds tocarcinoma ceils. Thus, anti-202P5A5 antibodies are used in diagnosticwhole body imaging applications, such as radioimmunoscintigraphy andradioimmunotherapy. (see, e.g., Potamianos S., et. al. Anticancer Res20(2A):925-948 (2000)) for the detection of localized and metastaticcancers that exhibit expression of 202P5A5. Shedding or release of anextracellular domain of 202P5A5 into the extracellular milieu, such asthat seen for alkaline phosphodiesterase B10 (Meerson, N. R., Hepatology27:563-568 (1998)), allows diagnostic detection of 202P5A5 byanti-202A5A5 antibodies in serum and/or urine samples from suspectpatients.

Anti-202P5A5 antibodies that specifically bind 202P5A5 are used intherapeutic applications for the treatment of cancers that express202P5A5. Anti-202P5A5 antibodies are used as an unconjugated modalityand as conjugated form in which the antibodies are attached to one ofvarious therapeutic or imaging modalities well known in the art, such asa prodrugs, enzymes or radioisotopes. In preclinical studies,unconjugated and conjugated anti-202P5A5 antibodies are tested forefficacy of tumor prevention and growth inhibition in the SCID mousecancer xenograft models, e.g., kidney cancer models AGS-K3 and AGS-K6,(see, e.g., the Example entitled “202P5A5 Monoclonal Antibody-mediatedinhibition of Bladder and Lung Tumors In Vivo”). Either conjugated andunconjugated anti-202P5A5 antibodies are used as a therapeutic modalityin human clinical trials either alone or in combination with othertreatments as described in following Examples.

EXAMPLE 40 Human Clinical Trials for the Treatment and Diagnosis ofHuman Carcinomas through use of Human Anti-202P5A5 Antibodies In vivo

Antibodies are used in accordance with the present invention whichrecognize an epitope on 202P5A5, and are used in the treatment ofcertain tumors such as those listed in Table I. Based upon a number offactors, including 202P5A5 expression levels, tumors such as thoselisted in Table I are presently preferred indications. In connectionwith each of these indications, three clinical approaches aresuccessfully pursued.

I.) Adjunctive therapy: In adjunctive therapy, patients are treated withanti-202P5A5 antibodies in combination with a chemotherapeutic orantineoplastic agent and/or radiation therapy. Primary cancer targets,such as those listed in Table I, are treated under standard protocols bythe addition anti-202P5A5 antibodies to standard first and second linetherapy. Protocol designs address effectiveness as assessed by reductionin tumor mass as well as the ability to reduce usual doses of standardchemotherapy. These dosage reductions allow additional and/or prolongedtherapy by reducing dose-related toxicity of the chemotherapeutic agent.Anti-202P5A5 antibodies are utilized in several adjunctive clinicaltrials in combination with the chemotherapeutic or antineoplastic agentsadriamycin (advanced prostrate carcinoma), cisplatin (advanced head andneck and lung carcinomas), taxol (breast cancer), and doxorubicin(preclinical).

II.) Monotherapy: In connection with the use of the anti-202P5A5antibodies in monotherapy of tumors, the antibodies are administered topatients without a chemotherapeutic or antineoplastic agent. In oneembodiment monotherapy is conducted clinically in end stage cancerpatients with extensive metastatic disease. Patients show some diseasestabilization. Trials demonstrate an effect in refractory patients withcancerous tumors.

III.) Imaging Agent: Through binding a radionuclide (e.g., iodine oryttrium (I¹³¹, Y^(b 90)) to anti-202P5A5 antibodies, the radiolabeledantibodies are utilized as a diagnostic and/or imaging agent. In such arole, the labeled antibodies localize to both solid tumors, as well as,metastatic lesions of cells expressing 202P5A5. In connection with theuse of the anti-202P5A5 antibodies as imaging agents, the antibodies areused as an adjunct to surgical treatment of solid tumors, as both apre-surgical screen as well as a post-operative follow-up to determinewhat tumor remains and/or returns, in one embodiment, a (¹¹¹In)-202P5A5antibody is used as an imaging agent in a Phase I human clinical trialin patients having a carcinoma that expresses 202A5A5 (by analogy see,e.g., Divgi et al. J. Natl. Cancer Inst. 83:97-104 (1991)). Patients arefollowed with standard anterior and posterior gamma camera. The resultsindicate that primary lesions and metastatic lesions are identified.

Dose and Route of Administration

As appreciated by those or ordinary skill in the art, dosingconsiderations can be determined through comparison with the analogousproducts that are in the clinic. Thus, anti-202P5A5 antibodies can beadministered with doses in the range of 5 to 400 mg/m², with the lowerdoses used, e.g., in connection with safety studies. The affinity ofanti-202P5A5 antibodies relative to the affinity of a known antibody forits target is one parameter used by those of skill in the art fordetermining analogous dose regimens. Further, anti-202P5A5 antibodiesthat are fully human antibodies, as compared to the chimeric antibody,have slower clearance; accordingly, dosing in patients with such fullyhuman anti-202P5A5 antibodies can be lower, perhaps in the range of 50to 300 mg/m², and still remain efficacious. Dosing in mg/m2, as opposedto the conventional measurement of dose in mg/kg, is a measurement basedon surface area and is a convenient dosing measurement that is designedto include patients of all sizes from infants to adults.

Three distinct delivery approaches are useful for delivery ofanti-202P5A5 antibodies. Conventional intravenous delivery is onestandard delivery technique for many tumors. However, in connection withtumors in the peritoneal cavity, such as tumors of the ovaries, biliaryduct, other ducts, and the like, intraperitoneal administration mayprove favorable for obtaining high dose of antibody at the tumor and toalso minimize antibody clearance. In a similar manner, certain solidtumors possess vasculature that is appropriate for regional perfusion.Regional perfusion allows for a high dose of antibody at the site of atumor and minimizes short term clearance of the antibody.

Clinical Development Plan (CDP)

Overview: The CDP follows and develops treatments of anti-202P5A5antibodies in connection with adjunctive therapy, monotherapy, and as animaging agent. Trials initially demonstrate safety and thereafterconfirm efficacy in repeat doses. Trails are open label com paring,standard chemotherapy with standard therapy plus anti-202P5A5antibodies. As will be appreciated, one criteria that can be utilized inconnection with enrollment of patients is 202P5A5 expression levels intheir tumors as determined by biopsy.

As with any protein or antibody infusion-based therapeutic, safetyconcerns are related primarily to (i) cytokine release syndrome, i.e.,hypotension, fever, shaking, chills; (ii) the development of animmunogenic response to the material (i.e., development of humanantibodies by the patient to the antibody therapeutic, or HAHAresponse); and, (iii) toxicity to normal cells that express 202P5A5.Standard tests and follow-up are utilized to monitor each of thesesafety concerns. Anti-202P5A5 antibodies are found to be safe upon humanadministration.

EXAMPLE 41 Human Clinical Trial Adjunctive Therapy with HumanAnti-202A5A5 Antibody and Chemotherapeutic Agent

A phase I human clinical trial is initiated to assess the safety of sixintravenous doses of a human anti-202P5A5 antibody in connection withthe treatment of a solid tumor, e.g., a cancer of a tissue listed inTable I. In the study, the safety of single doses of anti-202P5A5antibodies when utilized as an adjunctive therapy to an antineoplasticor chemotherapeutic agent as defined herein, such as, withoutlimitation: cisplatin, topotecan, doxorubicin, adriamycin, taxol, or thelike, is assessed. The trial design includes delivery of six singledoses of an anti-202P5A5 antibody with dosage of antibody escalatingfrom approximately about 25 mg/m² to about 275 mg/m² over the course ofthe treatment in accordance with the following schedule: Day 0 Day 7 Day14 Day 21 Day 28 Day 35 mAb Dose 25 75 125 175 225 275 mg/m² mg/m² mg/m²mg/m² mg/m² mg/m² Chemotherapy + + + + + + (standard dose)

Patients are closely followed for one-week following each administrationof antibody and chemotherapy. In particular patients are assessed forthe safety concerns mentioned above: (i) cytokine release syndrome,i.e., hypotension, fever, shaking, chills; (ii) the development of animmunogenic response to the material (i.e., development of humanantibodies by the patient to the human antibody therapeutic, or HAHAresponse); and, (iii) toxicity to normal cells that express 202P5A5.Standard tests and follow-up are utilized to monitor each of thesesafety concerns. Patients are also assessed for clinical outcome, andparticularly reduction in tumor mass as evidenced by MRI or otherimaging.

The anti-202P5A5 antibodies are demonstrated to be safe and efficacious,Phase II trials confirm the efficacy and refine optimum dosing.

EXAMPLE 42 Human Clinical Trial: Monotherapy with Human Anti-202P5A5Antibody

Anti-202P5A5 antibodies are safe in connection with the above-discussedadjunctive trial, a Phase II human clinical trial confirms the efficacyand optimum dosing for monotherapy. Such trial is accomplished, andentails the same safety and outcome analyses, to the above-describedadjunctive trial with the exception being that patients do not receivechemotherapy concurrently with the receipt of doses of anti-202P5A5antibodies.

EXAMPLE 43 Human Clinical Trial: Diagnostic Imaging with Anti-202P5A5Antibody

Once again, as the adjunctive therapy discussed above is safe wish inthe safety criteria discussed above, a human clinical trial is conductedconcerning the use of anti-202P5A5 antibodies as a diagnostic imagingagent. The protocol is designed in a substantially similar manner tothose described in the art, such as in Divgi et al. J. Natl. CancerInst. 83:97-104 (1991). The antibodies are found to be both safe andefficacious when used as a diagnostic modality.

EXAMPLE 44 Homology Comparison of 202P5A5 to Known Sequences

The 202A5A5 gene encodes a 609 amino acid protein. The human 202P5A5protein exhibits a high degree of homology to a human protein of unknownfunction, namely hypothetical protein FLJ13782 (gi 13376382), exhibiting99% identity to 202P5A5 at the protein level (FIG. 4A). The mousehomolog of 202P5A5 has been identified as immune BOM (gi 20502771), andshows 94% identity and 97% homology to 202P5A5 (FIG. 4B). Mouse BOM andhuman 202P5A5 show significant homology to a slightly smaller proteinnamed grainyhead protein or NTF1 (gi 21312674; Shirra M K, Hansen U. JBiol. Chem. 1998, 273:19260) (FIG. 4C).

Grainyhead proteins were first identified in Drosophila melanogaster,where they were found to function as transcription factors regulatingembryo development (Uv AE, Thompson C R, Bray S J. Mol Cell Biol.1994,24:4020; Uv AE, Harrison E J, Bray S J. Mol Cell Biol. 1997,17:6727). Similarly, mammalian grainyhead-like proteins have beenidentified in mammalian cells and found lo function as transcriptionfactors in these cells. For example, CP2 (LBP-1c) and LBP-1a regulatetranscription of diverse genes involved in hematopoieticdifferentiation, T-cell activation, metabolism and cell growth(Ramamurthy L et al, J Biol Chem. 2001, 276:7836; Volker J L., et. al.,Genes Dev. 1997, 11:1435). Grainyhead proteins have recently been shownto participate in the Notch pathways as they participate in theregulation of Notch-mediated gene expression (Fusse B, Hoch M. CurrBiol. 2002, 12:171).

The 202P5A5 protein has several variants (FIG. 11 ). These include fiveSNPs, namely 202P5A5 v.1, v.4, v.5, v.6 and v.8, in addition to splicevariants, namely 202P5A5 v.2 and v.3. The 202P5A5 v.2 proteinencompasses 16 additional aa at the N-terminus of the protein relativeto 202P5A5 v.1. 202P5A5 v.3 further extended exxon 1 of v.2 into intron1 (FIG. 10 ). Bioinformatic analysis using topology prediction programsindicate that 202P5A5 is a soluble protein with no transmembrane domains(Table L).

Motif analysis revealed the presence of several protein functionalmotifs in the 202P5A5 protein (Table L). A fibronectin type III repeathas been identified in addition to a CP2 transcription factor motif.

Fibronectin type III repeats are 100 ammo acid domains with bindingsites for various molecules, including DNA, heparin, basement membrane,and cell surface proteins (Kimizuka et al., J Biol Chem. 1991, 266:3045;Yokosaki et al, J Biol Chem, 1998, 273:11423). Proteins containingfibronectin III motifs participate in cell surface binding, binding tospecific substrates including heparin, collagen, DNA, actin, and fibrin,are involved in binding to fibronectin receptors. Fibronectins have beenreported to function in wound healing; cell adhesion, celldifferentiation, cell migration, and tumor metastasis (Bloom et al, MotBiol Cell. 1999, 10:1521; Brodt P, Cancer Met Rev 1991, 10:23).

CP2-related proteins are DNA-binding transcription factors. Theyregulate transcription by homo-oligomerizing and hetero-oligomerizingwith transcription factors, thereby forming a stable DNA-protein complex(Shirra, J Biol. Chem. 1998, 273:19260). In addition, transcriptionalactivation of LBP-1, a member of the CP2 family, is regulated byphosphorylation (Volker J, et al. Genes Dev 1997, 11:1435). As indicatedabove, CP2 proteins regulate transcription of diverse genes, includingthose regulating hematopoietic differentiation, immune response, andcell growth (Ramamurthy L et al, J Biol Chem. 2001, 276:7636; Volker JL. Rameh L E. et al, Genes Dev. 1997, 11: 1435). Recent studies haveimplicated CP2 in Alzheimer's disease (Taylor et al, J Med Genet 2001,38:232).

The motifs found in 202P5A5 indicate that 202P5A5 participates in tumorgrowth, and progression by transcriptionally regulating the expressionof tumor-related genes, thereby regulating tumor establishment, tumorgrowth, adhesion, migration, metastasis, differentiation, immuneresponse, and cell growth.

Accordingly, when 202A5A5 functions as a transcription factor regulatingembryo development, a regulator of tumor establishment, tumor growth,tumor invasion, cell survival, cell signaling, differentiation, immuneresponse, and cell growth, 202P5A5 is used for therapeutic, diagnostic,prognostic, and/or preventative purposes. In addition, when a molecule,such as a splice variant or SNP of 202P5A5 is expressed in canceroustissues, such as those listed in Table I, they are used for therapeutic,diagnostic, prognostic and/or preventative purposes.

EXAMPLE 45 Regulation of Transcription

The nuclear localization of 202P5A5 coupled to the presence of CP2domains within its sequence indicate that 202A5A5 modulates thetranscriptional regulation of eukaryotic genes. Regulation of geneexpression is confirmed, e.g., by studying gene expression in cellsexpressing or lacking 202A5A5. For this purpose, two types ofexperiments are performed.

In the first set of experiments, RNA from parental and202A5A5-expressing cells are extracted and hybridized to commerciallyavailable gene arrays (Clontech)(Smid-Koopman E et al, Br J Cancer.2000. 83:246). Resting cells as well as cells treated with FBS, androgenor growth factors are compared. Differentially expressed genes areidentified in accordance with procedures known in the art. Thedifferentially expressed genes are then mapped to biological pathways(Chen K et al, Thyroid, 2001. 11:41).

In the second set of experiments, specific transcriptional pathwayactivation is evaluated using commercially available (Stratagene)luciferase reporter constructs including: NFkB-luc, SRE-luc, ELK1-luc,ARE-luc, p53-luc, and CRE-luc. These transcriptional reporters containconsensus binding sites for known transcription factors that liedownstream of well-characterized signal transduction pathways: andrepresent a good tool to ascertain pathway activation and screen forpositive and negative modulators of pathway activation.

Thus, 202P5A5 plays a role in gene regulation, and it is used as atarget for diagnostic, prognostic, preventative and/or therapeuticpurposes.

EXAMPLE 46 Identification and Confirmation of Potential SignalTransduction Pathways

Many mammalian proteins have bean reported to interact with signalingmolecules and to participate in regulating signaling pathways. (JNeurochem. 2001; 78:217-223). Using immunoprecipitation and Westernblotting techniques, proteins are identified that associate with 202P5A5and mediate signaling events. Several pathways known to play a role incancer biology can be regulated by 202P5A5, including phospholipidpathways such as PI3K, AKT, etc, adhesion and migration pain ways,including FAK, Rho, Rac-1, catenin, etc, as well as mitogenic/survivalcascades such as ERK, p38, etc (Cell Growth Differ. 2000, 11:279; J BiolChem. 1999, 274:801; Oncogene. 2000, 19:3003, J. Cell Biol. 1997,138:913). In order to determine whether expression of 202P5A5 issufficient to regulate specific signaling pathways not otherwise activein resting cancer cells, the effect of 202P5A5 on the activation of thesignaling cascade is investigated in the cancer cell lines PA-1, Panc1and Daudi. Cancer cells stably expressing 202P5A5 or neo are stimulatedwith growth factor, FBS or other activating molecules. Whole celllysates are analyzed by western blotting.

To confirm that 202P5A5 directly or indirectly activates known signaltransduction pathways in cells, luciferase (luc) based transcriptionalreporter assays are carried out in cells expressing individual genes.These transcriptional reporters contain consensus-binding sites forknown transcription factors that lie downstream of well-characterizedsignal transduction pathways. The reporters and examples of theseassociated transcription factors, Signal transduction pathways, andactivation stimuli are listed below.

1. NFkB-luc, NFkB/Rel; Ik-kinase/SAPK; growth/apoptosis/stress

2. SRE-luc, SRF/TCF/ELK1; MAPK/SAPK; growth/differentiation

3. AP-1-luc,FOS/JUN; MAPK/SAPK/PKC; growth/apoptosis/stress

4. ARE-luc, androgen receptor; steroids/MAPK;growth/differentiation/apoptosis

5. p53-luc, p53; SAPK, growth/differentiation/apoptosis

6. CRE-luc, CREB/ATF2; PKA/p3B; growth/apoptosis/stress

7. TCF-luc, TCF/Lef; ]-catenin, Adhesion/invasion

Gene-mediated effects can be assayed in cells showing mRNA expression.Luciferase reporter plasmids can be introduced by lipid-mediatedtransfection (TFX-50, Promega). Luciferase activity, an indicator ofrelative transcriptional activity, is measured by incubation of cellextracts with luciferin substrata and luminescence of the reaction ismonitored in a luminometer.

Signaling pathways activated by 202P5A5 are mapped and used for theidentification and validation of therapeutic targets. When 202A5A5 isinvolved in cell signaling, it is used as target for diagnostic,prognostic, preventative and/or therapeutic purposes.

EXAMPLE 47 Involvement in Tumor Progression

Based on the role of CP2 domains and fibronectin motifs in cell growthand protein interactions, the 202P5A5 gene can contribute to the growth,invasion, and transformation of cancer cells. The role of 202P5A5 intumor growth is confirmed in a variety of primary and transfected celllines including prostate cell lines, as well as NIH 3T3 cells engineeredto stably express 202P5A5. Parental cells lacking 202P5A5 and cellsexpressing 202P5A5 are evaluated for cell growth using a well-documentedproliferation assay (Fraser S P, Grimes J A, Djamgoz M B. Prostate.2000; 44:61, Johnson D E, Ochieng J, Evans S L. Anticancer Drugs. 1996;7:288).

To confirm the role of 202P5A5 in the transformation process, its effectin colony forming assays is investigated, Parental NIH-3T3 cells lacking202P5A5 are compared to NIH-3T3 cells expressing 202P5A5, using a softagar assay under stringent and more permissive conditions (Song Z. etal, Cancer Res. 2000; 60:6730).

To confirm the role of 202P5A5 in invasion and metastasis of cancercells, a well-established assay is used, e.g., a Transwell insert Systemassay (Becton Dickinson) (Cancer Res. 1999; 59:6010). Control cells,including prostate, breast, and kidney cell lines lacking 202P5A5 arecompared to cells expressing 202P5A5. Cells are loaded with thefluorescent dye, calcein, and plated in the top well of the Transwellinsert coated with a basement membrane analog. Invasion is determined byfluorescence of cells in the lower chamber relative to the fluorescenceof the entire cell population.

202P5A5 can also play a role in cell cycle and apoptosis. Parental cellsand cells expressing 202P5A5 are compared for differences in cell cycleregulation using a well-established BrdU assay (Abdel-Malek Z A. J CellPhysiol. 1983, 136:247). In short, cells are grown under both optimal(full serum) and limiting (low serum) conditions are labeled with BrdUand stained with anti-BrdU Ab and propidium iodide. Cells are analyzedfor entry into the G1, S, and G2M phases of the cell cycle.Alternatively, the effect of stress on apoptosis is evaluated in controlparental cells and cells expressing 202P5A5, including normal and tumorprostate cells. Engineered and parental cells are treated with variouschemotherapeutic agents, such as etoposide, taxol, etc, and proteinsynthesis inhibitors, such as cycloheximide. Cells are stained withannex in V-FITC and cell death is measured by FACS analysis. Themodulation of cell death by 202P5A5 can play a critical role inregulating tumor progression and tumor load.

When 202P5A5 plays a role in cell growth, transformation, invasion orapoptosis, it is used as a target for diagnostic, prognostic,preventative and/or therapeutic purposes.

EXAMPLE 48 Involvement in Angiogenesis

Angiogenesis or new capillary blood vessel formation is necessary fortumor growth (Hanahan D, Folkman J. Cell, 1996, 86:353; Folkman J.Endocrinology. 1998 139:441). Based on the effect of fibronectins ontumor cell adhesion and their interaction with endothelial cells,202P5A5 plays a role in angiogenesis (Mareel and Leroy: Physiol Rev,83:337; DeFouw L et al, Microvasc Res 2001, 62:263). Several assays havebeen developed to measure angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo, such as thetissue culture assays endothelial cell tube formation and endothelialcell proliferation. Using these assays as well as in vitroneo-vascularization, the role of 202P5A5 in angiogenesis, enhancement orinhibition, is confirmed.

For example, endothelial cells engineered to express 202P5A5 areevaluated using tube formation and proliferation assays. The effect of202A5A5 is also confirmed in animal models in vivo. For example, cellseither expressing or lacking 202P5A5 are implanted subcutaneously inimmunocompromised mice. Endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis areevaluated 5-15 days later using immunohistochemistry techniques. Thus,202P5A5 affects angiogenesis, and it is used as a target for diagnostic,prognostic, preventative and/or therapeutic purposes.

EXAMPLE 49 Involvement ia Protein-Protein Interactions

CP2 domains and fibronectin motifs have been shown to mediateinteraction with other proteins. Using immunoprecipitation techniques aswell as two yeast hybrid systems, proteins are identified that associatewith 202P5A5. Immunoprecipitates from cells expressing 202P5A5 and cellslacking 202P5A5 are compared for specific protein-protein associations.

Studies are performed to confirm the extent of association of 202P5A5with effector molecules, such as nuclear proteins, transcriptionfactors, kinases, phosphates etc. Studies comparing 202P5A5 positive and202P5A5 negative cells as well as studies comparing unstimulated/restingcells and cells treated with epithelial cell activators, such ascytokines, growth factors, androgen and anti-integrin Ab reveal uniqueinteractions.

In addition, protein-protein interactions are confirmed using two yeasthybrid methodology (Curr Opin Chem Biol. 1999, 3:64). A vector carryinga library of proteins fused to the activation domain of a transcriptionfactor is introduced into yeast expressing a 202P5A5-DNA-binding domainfusion protein and a reporter construct. Protein-protein interaction isdetected by colorimetric reporter activity. Specific association witheffector molecules and transcription factors directs one of skill to themode of action of 202A5A5, and thus identifies therapeutic, prognostic,preventative and/or diagnostic targets for cancer. This and similarassays are also used to identify and screen for small molecules thatinteract with 202P5A5.

Thus, it is found that 202P5A5 associates with proteins and smallmolecules. Accordingly, 202P5A5 and these proteins and small moleculesare used for diagnostic, prognostic, preventative and/or therapeuticpurposes.

EXAMPLE 50 Involvement of 202P5A5 in Cell-Cell Communication

Cell-cell communication is essential in maintaining organ integrity andhomeostasis, both of which become deregulated during tumor formation andprogression. Based on the presence of a fibronecin motif in 202P5A5, amotif known to be involved in cell interaction and cell-cell adhesion,as well as the role of CP2 in gene expression, 202P5A5 can regulate cellcommunication. Intercellular communications con be measured using twotypes of assays (J. Biol. Chem, 2000, 275:25207). In the first assay,cells loaded with a fluorescent dye are incubated in the presence ofunlabeled recipient cells and the cell populations are examined underfluorescent microscopy. This qualitative assay measures the exchange ofdye between adjacent cells. In the second assay system, donor andrecipient cell populations are treated as above and quantitativemeasurements of the recipient cell population are performed by FACSanalysis. Using these too assay systems, cells expressing 202P5A5 arecompared to controls that do not express 202P5A5, and it is found that202P5A5 enhances cell communications. Small molecules and/or antibodiesthat modulate cell-cell communication mediated by 202P5A5 are used astherapeutics for cancers that express 202A5A5.

Thus, 202A5A5 functions in cell-cell communication and small moleculetransport, it is used as a target or marker for diagnostic, prognostic,preventative and/or therapeutic purposes.

Throughout this application, various website data content, publications,patent applications and patents are referenced. (Websites are referencedby their Uniform Resource Locator or URL, addresses on the World WideWeb.) The disclosures of each of these references are herebyincorporated by reference herein in their entireties.

The present invention is not to be limited in scope by the embodimentsdisclosed herein, which are intended as single illustrations ofindividual aspects of the invention, and any that are functionallyequivalent are within the scope of the invention. Various modificationsto the models and methods of the invention, in addition to thosedescribed herein, will become apparent to those skilled in the art fromthe foregoing description and teachings, and are similarly intended tofall within the scope of the invention. Such modifications or otherembodiments can be practiced without departing from the true scope andspirit of the invention.

TABLES

TABLE I Tissues that Express 202P5A5: a. Malignant Tissues ProstateBladder Colon Lung Ovary Breast Stomach Cervix Lymphoma Bone Skin

TABLE II Amino Acid Abbreviations SINGLE LETTER THREE LETTER FULL NAME FPhe phenylalanine L Leu leucine S Ser serine Y Tyr tyrosine C Cyscysteine W Trp tryptophan P Pro proline H His histidine Q Gln glutamineR Arg arginine I Ile isoleucine M Met methionine T Thr threonine N Asnasparagine K Lys lysine V Val valine A Ala alanine D Asp aspartic acid EGlu glutamic acid G Gly glycine

TABLE III Amino Acid Substitution Matrix Adapted from the GCG Software9.0 BLOSUM62 amino acid substitution matrix (block substitution matrix).The higher the value, the more likely a substitution is found inrelated, natural proteins. (See world wide web URLikp.unibe.ch/manual/blosum62.html) A C D E F G H I K L M N P Q R S T V WY . 4 0 −2 −1 −2 0 −2 −1 −1 −1 −1 −2 −1 −1 −1 1 0 0 −3 −2 A 9 −3 −4 −2−3 −3 −1 −3 −1 −1 −3 −3 −3 −3 −1 −1 −1 −2 −2 C 6 2 −3 −1 −1 −3 −1 −4 −31 −1 0 −2 0 −1 −3 −4 −3 D 5 −3 −2 0 −3 1 −3 −2 0 −1 2 0 0 −1 −2 −3 −2 E6 −3 −1 0 −3 0 0 −3 −4 −3 −3 −2 −2 −1 1 3 F 6 −2 −4 −2 −4 −3 0 −2 −2 −20 −2 −3 −2 −3 G 8 −3 −1 −3 −2 1 −2 0 0 −1 −2 −3 −2 2 H 4 −3 2 1 −3 −3 −3−3 −2 −1 3 −3 −1 I 5 −2 −1 0 −1 1 2 0 −1 −2 −3 −2 K 4 2 −3 −3 −2 −2 −2−1 1 −2 −1 L 5 −2 −2 0 −1 −1 −1 1 −1 −1 M 6 −2 0 0 1 0 −3 −4 −2 N 7 −1−2 −1 −1 −2 −4 −3 P 5 1 0 −1 −2 −2 −1 Q 5 −1 −1 −3 −3 −2 R 4 1 −2 −3 −2S 5 0 −2 −2 T 4 −3 −1 V 11 2 W 7 Y

TABLE IV (A) HLA Class I Supermotifs/Motifs POSITION POSITION POSITION CTerminus (Primary 2 (Primary Anchor) 3 (Primary Anchor) Anchor)SUPERMOTIF A1 TI LVMS FWY A2 LIVM ATQ IV MATL A3 VSMA TLI RK A24 YFWIVLMT FI YWLM B7 P VILF MWYA B27 RHK FYL WMIVA B44 E D FWYLIMVA B58 ATSFWY LIVMA B62 QL IVMP FWY MIVLA MOTIFS A1 TSM Y A1 DE AS Y A2.1 LM VQIATV LIMAT A3 LMVISATF CGD KYR HFA A11 VTMLISAGN CDF K RYH A24 YF WM FLIWA*3101 MVT ALIS R K A*3301 MVALF IST RK A*6801 AVT MSLI RK B*0702 P LMFWYAIV B*3501 P LMFWY IVA B51 P LIVF WYAM B*5301 P IMFWY ALV B*5401 PATIV LMFWYBolded residues are preferred, italicized residues are less preferred: Apeptide is considered motif-bearing if it has primary anchors at eachprimary anchor position for a motif or supermotif as specified in theabove table.

Bolded residues are preferred, italicized residues are less preferred: Apeptide is considered motif-bearing if ii has primary anchors at eachprimary anchor position for a motif or supermotif as specified in theabove table. TABLE IV (B) HLA Class II Supermotif 1 6 9 W, F, Y, V, I, LA, V, I, L, P, C, S, T A, V, I, L, C, S, T, M, Y

TABLE IV (C) HLA Class II Motifs MOTIFS 1° anchor 1 2 3 4 5 1° anchor 67 8 9 DR4 preferred FMYLIVW M T I VSTCPALIM MH MH deleterious W R WDEDR1 preferred MFLIVWY PAMQ VMATSPLIC M AVM deleterious C CH FD CWD GDE DDR7 preferred MFLIVWY M W A IVMSACTPL M IV deleterious C G GRD N G DR3MOTIFS 1° anchor 1 2 3 1° anchor 4 5 1° anchor 6 Motif a preferredLIVMFY D Motif b preferred LIVMFAY DNQEST KRH DR Supermotif MFLIVWYVMSTACPLIItalicized residues indicate less preferred or “tolerated” residues

TABLE IV (D) HLA Class I Supermotifs SUPER- POSITION: MOTIFS 1 2 3 4 5 67 8 C-terminus A1 1° Anchor 1° Anchor TILVMS FWY A2 1° Anchor 1° AnchorLIVMATQ LIVMAT A3 Preferred 1° Anchor YFW YFW YFW P 1° Anchor VSMATLI(4/5) (3/5) (4/5) (4/5) RK deleterious DE(3/5); DE P(5/5) (4/5) A24 1°Anchor 1° Anchor YFWIVLMT FIYWLM B7 Preferred FWY(5/5) 1° Anchor FWY FWY1° Anchor LIVM(3/5) P (4/5) (3/5) VILFMWYA deleterious DE(3/5); DE G QNDE P(5/5); (3/5) (4/5) (4/5) (4/5) G(4/5); A(3/5); QN(3/5) B27 1° Anchor1° Anchor RHK FYLWMIVA B44 1° Anchor 1° Anchor ED FWYLIMVA B58 1° Anchor1° Anchor ATS FWYLIVMA B62 1° Anchor 1° Anchor QLIVMP FWYMIVLAItalicized residues indicate less preferred or “tolerated” residues

TABLE IV (E) HLA Class I Motifs POSITION 1 2 3 4 5 A1 preferred GFYW1° Anchor DEA YEW 9-mer STM deleterious DE RHKLIVMP A G A1 preferredGRHK ASTCLIVM 1° Anchor GSTC 9-mer DEAS deleterious A RHKDEPYFW DE PQNA1 preferred YFW 1° Anchor DEAQN A YFWQN 10- STM mer deleterious GPRHKGLIVM DE RHK A1 preferred YFW STCLIVM 1° Anchor A YFW 10- DEAS merdeleterious RHK RHKDEPYFW P A2.1 preferred YFW 1° Anchor YFW STC YFW9-mer LMIVQAT deleterious DEP DERKH A2.1 preferred AYFW 1° Anchor LVIM G10- LMIVQAT mer deleterious DEP DE RKHA P A3 preferred RHK 1° Anchor YFWPRHKYF A LMVISATFCGD W deleterious DEP DE A11 preferred A 1° Anchor YFWYFW A VTLMISAGNCDF deleterious DEP A24 preferred YFWRHK 1° Anchor STC9-mer YFWM deleterious DEG DE G QNP A24 Preferred 1° Anchor P YFWP 10-YFWM mer Deleterious GDE QN RHK A3101 Preferred RHK 1° Anchor YFW PMVTALIS Deleterious DEP DE ADE A3301 Preferred 1° Anchor YFW MVALFISTDeleterious GP DE A6801 Preferred YFWSTC 1° Anchor YFWLIVM AVTMSLIdeleterious GP DEG RHK B0702 Preferred RHKFWY 1° Anchor RHK RHK Pdeleterious DEQNP DEP DE DE B3501 Preferred FWYLIVM 1° Anchor FWY Pdeleterious AGP G B51 Preferred LIVMFWY 1° Anchor FWY STC FWY Pdeleterious AGPDER DE HKSTC B5301 preferred LIVMFWY 1° Anchor FWY STCFWY P deleterious AGPQN B5401 preferred FWY 1° Anchor FWYLIVM LIVM Pdeleterious GPQNDE GDESTC RHKDE POSITION 9 or C- 6 7 8 C-terminusterminus A1 preferred P DEQN YFW 1° Anchor 9-mer Y deleterious A G A A1preferred ASTC LIVM DE 1° Anchor 9-mer Y deleterious RHK PG GP A1preferred PASTC GDE P 1° Anchor 10- Y mer deleterious QNA RHKYFW RHK AA1 preferred PG G YFW 1° Anchor 10- Y mer deleterious G PRHK QN A2.1preferred A P 1° Anchor 9-mer VLIMAT deleterious RKH DERKH A2.1preferred G FYWLVIM 1° Anchor 10- VLIMAT mer deleterious RKH DERKH RKHA3 preferred YFW P 1° Anchor KYRHFA deleterious A11 preferred YFW YFW P1° Anchor KRYH deleterious A G A24 preferred YFW YFW 1° Anchor 9-merFLIW deleterious DERHK G AQN A24 Preferred P 1° Anchor 10- FLIW merDeleterious DE A QN DEA A3101 Preferred YFW YFW AP 1° Anchor RKDeleterious DE DE DE A3301 Preferred AYFW 1° Anchor RK Deleterious A6801Preferred YFW P 1° Anchor RK deleterious A B0702 Preferred RHK RHK PA 1°Anchor LMFWYAIV deleterious GDE QN DE B3501 Preferred FWY 1° AnchorLMFWYIVA deleterious G B51 Preferred G FWY 1° Anchor LIVFWYAMdeleterious G DEQN GDE B5301 preferred LIVMFWY FWY 1° Anchor IMFWYALVdeleterious G RHKQN DE B5401 preferred ALIVM FWYA 1° Anchor P ATIVLMFWYdeleterious DE QNDGE DE

TABLE IV (F) Summary of HLA-supertypes Overall phenotypic frequencies ofHLA-supertypes in different ethnic populations Specificity Phenotypicfrequency Supertype Position 2 C-Terminus Caucasian N.A. Black JapaneseChinese Hispanic Average B7 P AILMVFWY 43.2 55.1 57.1 43.0 49.3 49.5 A3AILMVST RK 37.5 42.1 45.8 52.7 43.1 44.2 A2 AILMVT AILMVT 45.8 39.0 42.445.9 43.0 42.2 A24 YF (WIVLMT) FI (YWLM) 23.9 38.9 58.6 40.1 38.3 40.0B44 E (D) FWYLIMVA 43.0 21.2 42.9 39.1 39.0 37.0 A1 TI (LVMS) FWY 47.116.1 21.8 14.7 26.3 25.2 B27 RHK FYL (WMI) 28.4 26.1 13.3 13.9 35.3 23.4B62 QL (IVMP) FWY (MIV) 12.6 4.8 36.5 25.4 11.1 18.1 B58 ATS FWY (LIV)10.0 25.1 1.6 9.0 5.9 10.3

TABLE IV (G) Calculated population coverage afforded by differentHLA-supertype combinations Phenotypic frequency HLA-supertypes CaucasianN.A Blacks Japanese Chinese Hispanic Average A2, A3 and B7 83.0 86.187.5 88.4 86.3 86.2 A2, A3, B7, A24, B44 99.5 98.1 100.0 99.5 99.4 99.3and A1 99.9 99.6 100.0 99.8 99.9 99.8 A2, A3, B7, A24 B44, A1, B27, B62,and B58Motifs indicate the residues defining supertype specificites. The motifsincorporate residues determined on the basis of published data to berecognized by multiple alleles within the supertype. Residues withinbrackets are additional residues also predicted to be tolerated bymultiple alleles within the supertype.

TABLE V Frequently Occurring Motifs avrg. % Name identity DescriptionPotential Function zf-C2H2 34% Zinc finger, C2H2 type Nucleicacid-binding protein functions as transcription factor, nuclear locationprobable cytochrome_b_N 68% Cytochrome b(N- membrane bound oxidase,generate terminal)/b6/petB superoxide Ig 19% Immunoglobulin domaindomains are one hundred amino acids long and include a conservedintradomain disulfide bond. WD40 18% WD domain, G-beta repeat tandemrepeats of about 40 residues, each containing a Trp-Asp motif. Functionin signal transduction and protein interaction PDZ 23% PDZ domain mayfunction in targeting signaling molecules to sub-membranous sites LRR28% Leucine Rich Repeat short sequence motifs involved inprotein-protein interactions Pkinase 23% Protein kinase domain conservedcatalytic core common to both serine/threonine and tyrosine proteinkinases containing an ATP binding site and a catalytic site PH 16% PHdomain pleckstrin homology involved in intracellular signaling or asconstituents of the cytoskeleton EGF 34% EGF-like domain 30-40amino-acid long found in the extracellular domain of membrane- boundproteins or in secreted proteins Rvt 49% Reverse transcriptase(RNA-dependent DNA polymerase) Ank 25% Ank repeat Cytoplasmic protein,associates integral membrane proteins to the cytoskeleton Oxidored_q132% NADH- membrane associated. Involved in Ubiquinone/plastoquinoneproton translocation across the (complex I), various chains membraneEfhand 24% EF hand calcium-binding domain, consists of a12 residue loopflanked on both sides by a 12 residue alpha-helical domain Rvp 79%Retroviral aspartyl Aspartyl or acid proteases, centered on protease acatalytic aspartyl residue Collagen 42% Collagen triple helix repeatextracellular structural proteins involved (20 copies) in formation ofconnective tissue. The sequence consists of the G-X-Y and thepolypeptide chains forms a triple helix. Fn3 20% Fibronectin type IIIdomain Located in the extracellular ligand- binding region of receptorsand is about 200 amino acid residues long with two pairs of cysteinesinvolved in disulfide bonds 7tm_1 19% 7 transmembrane receptor sevenhydrophobic transmembrane (rhodopsin family) regions, with theN-terminus located extracellularly while the C-terminus is cytoplasmic.Signal through G proteins

TABLE VI Post-translational modifications of 202P5A5 N-glycosylationsite 90-93 NLSG (SEQ ID NO: 41) 107-110 NLSL (SEQ ID NO: 42) 384-387NRSN (SEQ ID NO: 43) 431-424 NSSS (SEQ ID NO: 44) Tyrosine sulfationsite 215-229 ASVGAEEYMYDQTSS (SEQ ID NO: 45) 217-231 VGAEEYMYDQTSSGT(SEQ ID NO: 46) 314-328 RVLDIADYKESFNTI (SEQ ID NO: 47) 578-592DDNIIEHYSNEDTFI (SEQ ID NO: 48) cAMP- and cGMP-dependent protein kinasephosphorylation site 527-530 RKET (SEQ ID NO: 49) Protein kinease Cphosphorylation site  9-11 TRR 118-120 SKR 203-205 SFK 209-211 TEK241-243 SLR 310-312 TAK 364-366 SQK 386-388 SNK 519-521 TKR 543-545 TVK552-554 SEK 569-571 SKK Casein kinase II phosphorylation site 14-17 TSED(SEQ ID NO: 50) 15-18 SEDE (SEQ ID NO: 51) 22-25 SYLE (SEQ ID NO: 52)72-75 SQED (SEQ ID NO: 53) 92-95 SGGE (SEQ ID NO: 54) 118-121 SKRE (SEQID NO: 55) 126-129 SEPE (SEQ ID NO: 55) 174-177 TQYD (SEQ ID NO: 57)194-197 STPD (SEQ ID NO: 58) 203-206 SFKD (SEQ ID NO: 60) 263-266 TLSE(SEQ ID NO: 61) 432-435 SSSD (SEQ ID NO: 62) 454-457 TMPD (SEQ ID NO:63) 484-487 TDDE (SEQ ID NO: 64) 586-589 SNED (SEQ ID NO: 65) 597-600SMVE (SEQ ID NO: 66) 605-608 TLME (SEQ ID NO: 67) Tyrosine kinasephosphorylation site 193-200 RSTPDSTY (SEQ ID NO: 68) 292-300 KNRDEQLKY(SEQ ID NO: 69) 314-321 RVLDIADY (SEQ ID NO: 70) 445-451 KKSDITY (SEQ IDNO: 71) N-myristoylation site 83-88 GTSEAQ (SEQ ID NO: 72) 257-262GQFYAI (SEQ ID NO: 73) 546-551 GLMEAI (SEQ ID NO: 74) 572-577 GILVNM(SEQ ID NO: 75) Bipartite nuclear targeting sequence 407-423RKIRDEERKQNRKKGKG (SEQ ID NO: 75) Cell attachment sequence 160-162 RGD

TABLE VII Search Peptides 202P5A05 v.1 9-mers, 10-mers and 15 mers (SEQID NO: 77) MPSDPPFNTR RAYTSEDEAW KSYLENPLTA ATKAMMSING CEDSAAALGLLYDYYKVPRD  60 KRLLSVSKAS DSQEDQEKRN CLGTSEAQSN LSGGENRVQV LKTVPVNLSLNQDHLENSKR 120 EQYSISFPES SAKIPVSGIF VVKAEDFTPV FMAPPVHYPR GDGEEQRVVIFEQTQYDVPS 180 LATHSAYLKD DQRSTPDSTY SESFKDAATE KFRSASVGAE EYMYDQTSSGTFQYTLEATK 240 SLRQKQGEGP MTYLNKGQFY AITLSETGDN DCFRHPISKV RSVVMVVESEDKNRDEQLKY 300 WKYWESRQHT AKQRVLDEAD YKESFNTIGN TEEIAYNAVS FTWDVNEEAKIFITVNCLST 360 SFSSQKGVKG LPIMIQIDTY SYNNRSNKPI RRAYCQIKVF CDKGAERKIRDEERKQNRKK 420 GKGQASCYQC NSSSDGKLAA TPLQKKSDIT YFKTMDDLHS QPVLFIPDVEFANLQRTGQV 480 YYNTDDERDG GSVLVKRYFR PMEEEFGPVP SKQMKEEGTK RVLLYVRKETDDVFDALMRK 540 SPTVKGLMEA ISEKYGLFVF KIAKLYKKSK KGILVNMDDN IIEHYSNEDTFYLNMESMVD 600GFKVTLMFI                                                         609202P5A5 v.2 ORF:13-1890 9-mers, aa 1-24 (SEQ ID NO: 78) MSQESDNNKRRVALVPMPSD PPFN 10-mers, aa 1-25 (SEQ ID NO: 79) MSQESDNNKR LVALVPMPSDPPFNT 25-mers, aa 1-30 (SEQ ID NO: 80) MSQEDSNNKR LVALVPMPSD PPFNTRRAYT202P5A5 v.4 ORF:121-1950 9-mers, aa 29-45 (SEQ ID NO: 81)TTATKAMMIINGDEDSA 10-mers, aa 28-46 (SEQ ID NO: 82) LTAATKAMMIINGDEDSAA14-mers, aa 22-51 (SEQ ID NO: 83) YLENDLTAATKAMMIINGDEDSAAALGLL 202P5A5v.5 9-mers, aa 406-422 (SEQ ID NO: 84) ERKIRDEEQKQNRKKGK 10-mers, aa405-423 (SEQ ID NO: 85) AERKIRDEEQKQNRKKGKG 15-mers, aa 400-428 (SEQ IDNO: 86) FCDKGAERKIRDEEQKQNRKKGKGQASQT 202P5A5 v.6 9-mers, aa 412-428(SEQ ID NO: 87) EERKQNRKKGKGGASQT 10-mers, aa 411-429 (SEQ ID NO: 88)DEERKQNRKNGKGQASQTQ 15-mers, aa 406-434 (SEQ ID NO: 89)ERKIEDLEERKQNRKNGKGQASQTQCNSSS 202P515 V5/6 9-mers, aa 412-422 (SEQ IDNO: 90) EEQKQNRKNGK 10-mers, aa 411-423 (SEQ ID NO: 91) DEEQKQNRKNGKG15-mers, aa 406-428 (SEQ ID NO: 92) ERKIRDEFQKQNRKNGKGQASQT 202P5A5 v.89-mers, aa 537-553 (SEQ ID NO: 93) LMLKSPTVMGLMEAISE 10-mers, aa 536-554(SEQ ID NO: 94) AEMLKSPTVMGLMEAISEK 15-mers, aa 531-559 (SEQ ID NO: 95)DDVFDALMLKSFTVMGLMEAISEKYGLPV

TABLE VII-V1 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Sequence Score 547 LMEAISEKY 22.500 143 KAEDFTPVF18.000 235 TLEATKSLR 9.000 2 PSDPPFNTR 7.500 228 QTSSGTFQY 6.250 594NMESMVEGF 4.500 446 KSDITYFKT 3.750 44 SAAALGLLY 2.500 119 KREQYSISF2.250 152 MAPPVHYPR 2.000 598 MVEGFKVTL 1.800 294 RDEQLKYWK 1.800 218GAEEYMYDQ 1.800 330 NIEEIAYNA 1.800 433 SSDGKLAAI 1.500 111 NQDHLENSK1.500 200 YSESFKDAA 1.350 264 LSETGDNKC 1.350 14 TSEDEAWKS 1.350 84TSEAQSNLS 1.350 529 ETDDVFDAL 1.250 102 KTVPVNLSL 1.250 483 NTDDEREGG1.250 576 NMDDNIIEH 1.250 15 SEDEAWKSY 1.250 577 MDDNIIEHY 1.250 359STDFSSQKG 1.250 345 VNEEAKIFI 1.125 586 SNEDTFILN 1.125 46 AALGLLYDY1.000 532 DVFDALMLK 1.000 400 FCDKGAERK 1.000 216 SVGAEEYMY 1.000 376QIDTYSYNN 1.000 556 GLPVEDIAK 1.000 437 KLAAIPLQK 1.000 374 MIQIDTYSY1.000 13 YTSEDEAWK 1.000 163 GEEQRVVIF 0.900 114 HLENSKREQ 0.900 23YLENPLTAA 0.900 551 ISEKYGLPV 0.675 328 IGNIEEIAY 0.625 267 TGDNKCFRH0.625 468 DVHFANLQR 0.500 168 VVIFEQTQY 0.500 342 TWDVNEEAK 0.500 214SASVGAEEY 0.500 318 IADYKESFN 0.500 492 SVLVKRMFR 0.500 47 ALGLLYDYY0.500 51 LYDYYKVPR 0.500 507 GPVPSKQMK 0.500 558 PVEKIAKLY 0.450 182DGEEQRVVI 0.450 410 RDEERKQNT 0.450 181 LATHSAYLK 0.400 245 KQGEGPMTY0.375 380 YSYNNRSNK 0.300 358 LSTDFSSQK 0.300 197 DSTYSESFK 0.300 453KTMPDLHSQ 0.250 39 NGDEDSAAA 0.250 266 ETGDNKCFR 0.250 248 EGPMTYLNK0.250 204 FKDAATEKF 0.250 466 IPDVHFANL 0.250 251 MTYLNKGQF 0.250 139ITVVKAEDF 0.250 346 NEEAKIFIT 0.225 246 QGEGPMTYL 0.225 93 GGENRVQVL0.225 208 ATEKFRSAS 0.225 263 TLSERGDNK 0.200 314 RVLDIADYK 0.200 546GLMEAISEK 0.200 438 LAAIPLQKK 0.200 457 DLHSQPVLF 0.200 463 VLFIPDVHF0.200 333 EIAYNAVSF 0.200 429 QCNSSSDGK 0.200 71 DSQEDQEKR 0.150 125ISFPESSAI 0.150 491 GSVLVKRMF 0.150 193 RSTPDSTYS 0.150 288 FSEDKNRDE0.135 72 SQEDQEKRN 0.135 589 DTFILNMES 0.125 533 VFDALMLKS 0.125 175QYDVPSLAT 0.125 386 SNKPIHRAY 0.125 230 GTFQYTLEA 0.125 587 NEDTFILNM0.125 369 KGLPLMIQI 0.125 455 MPDLHSQPV 0.125 195 TPDSTYSES 0.125 160RGDGEEQRV 0.125 127 FPESSAIIP 0.113 315 VLDIADYKE 0.100 354 TVNCLSTDF0.100

TABLE VII-V2 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Sequence Score 2 SQESDNNKR 1.350 4 ESDNNKRLV 0.750 15VPMPSDPPF 0.500 1 MSQESDNNK 0.300 11 LVALVPMPS 0.050 13 ALVPMPSDP 0.0105 SDNNKRLVA 0.030 12 VALVPMPSD 0.002 10 RLVALVPMP 0.002 9 KRLVALVPM0.001 16 PMPSDPPFN 0.001 14 LVPMPSDPP 0.001 3 QESDNNKRL 0.001 6DNNKRLVAL 0.001 7 NNKRLVALV 0.000 8 NKRLVALVP 0.000

TABLE VII-V4 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Sequence Score 1 TAATKAMMI 0.050 3 ATKAMMIIN 0.013 8MIINGDEDS 0.010 9 IINGDEDSA 0.010 2 AATKAMMII 0.005 4 TKAMMIING 0.003 5KAMMIINGD 0.001 6 AMMIINGDE 0.001 7 MMIINGDED 0.001

TABLE VIII-V5 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Sequence Score 6 DEEQKQNRK 0.900 5 RDEEQKQNR 0.450 4IRDEEQKQN 0.025 9 QKQNRKKGK 0.010 7 EEQKQNRKK 0.001 2 RKIRDEEQK 0.001 3KIRDEEQKQ 0.001 8 EQKQNRKKG 0.000 1 ERKIRDEEQ 0.000

TABLE VIII-V5&6 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Sequence Score 3 QKQNRKNGK 0.010 2 EQKQNRKNG 0.000 1EEQKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE VII-V6 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Sequence Score 3 RKQNRKNGK 0.010 8 KNGKGQASQ 0.001 7RKNGKGQAS 0.001 9 NGKGQASQT 0.000 4 KQNRKNGKG 0.000 2 ERKQNRKNG 0.000 6NRKNGKGQA 0.000 5 QNRKNGKGQ 0.000 1 EERKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE VIII-V8 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 LKSPTVMGL 0.025 4 KSPTVMGLM 0.0156 PTVMGLMEA 0.013 7 TVMGLMEAI 0.010 8 VMGLMEAIS 0.010 2 MLKSPTVMG 0.0029 MGLMEAISE 0.001 5 SPTVMGLME 0.001 1 LMLKSPTVM 0.001

TABLE IX-V1 HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 14 TSEDEAWKSY 67.500 114 HLENSKREQY45.000 69 ASDSQEDQEK 15.000 264 LSETGDNKCF 13.500 576 NMDDNIIEHY 12.50093 GGENRVQVLK 9.000 594 NMESMVEGFK 9.000 2 PSDPPFNTRR 7.500 84TSEAQSNLSG 6.750 376 QIDTYSYNNR 5.000 235 TLEATKSLRQ 4.500 487EREGGSVLVK 4.500 162 DGEEQRVVIF 4.500 43 DSAAALGLLY 3.750 200 YSESFKDAAT2.700 327 TIGNIEEIAY 2.500 529 ETDDVFDALM 2.500 555 YGLPVEKIAK 2.500 318IADYKESFNT 2.500 294 RDEQLKYWKY 2.250 503 EEEFGPVPSK 1.800 143KAEDFTPVFM 1.800 23 YLENPLTAAT 1.800 215 ASVGAEEYMY 1.500 288 FSEDKNRDEQ1.350 251 MTYLNKGQFY 1.250 359 STDFSSQKGV 1.250 195 TPDSTYSESF 1.250 483NTDDEREGGS 1.250 345 VNEEAKIFIT 1.125 127 FPESSAIIPV 1.125 586SNEDTFILNM 1.125 151 FMAPPVHYPR 1.000 293 NRDEQLKYWK 1.000 45 AAALGLLYDY1.000 598 MVEGFKVTLM 0.900 410 RDEERKQNRK 0.900 218 GAEEYMYDQT 0.900 330NIEEIAYNAV 0.900 558 PVEKIAKLYK 0.900 581 IIEHYSNEDT 0.900 213RSASVGAEEY 0.750 446 KSDITYFKTM 0.750 491 GSVLVKRMFR 0.750 111NQDHLENSKR 0.750 132 AIIPVSGITV 0.500 46 AALGLLYDYY 0.500 546 GLMEAISEKY0.500 167 RVVIFEQTQY 0.500 315 VLDIADYKES 0.500 373 LMIQIDTYSY 0.500 262ITLSETGDNK 0.500 247 GEGPMTYLNK 0.500 208 ATEKFRSASV 0.450 547LMEAISEKYG 0.450 246 QGEGPMTYLN 0.450 180 SLATHSAYLK 0.400 47 ALGLLYDYYK0.400 225 DQTSSGTFQY 0.375 125 ISFPESSAII 0.300 223 MYDQTSSGTF 0.250 39NGDEDSAAAL 0.250 353 ITVNCLSTDF 0.250 234 YTLEATKSLR 0.250 204FKDAATEKFR 0.250 102 KTVPVNLSLN 0.250 409 IRDEERKQNR 0.250 455MPDLHSQPVL 0.250 346 NEEAKIFITV 0.225 527 RKETDDVFDA 0.225 321YKESFNTIGN 0.225 536 ALMLKSPTVK 0.200 152 MAPPVHYPRG 0.200 24 LENPLTAATK0.200 50 LLYDYYKVPR 0.200 283 VVMVVFSEDK 0.200 357 CLSTDFSSQK 0.200 394YCQIKVFCDK 0.200 398 KVFCDKGAER 0.200 437 KLAAIPLQKK 0.200 88 QSNLSGGENR0.150 184 HSAYLKDDQR 0.150 433 SSDGKLAAIP 0.150 72 SQEDQEKRNC 0.135 41DEDSAAALGL 0.125 466 IPDVHFANLQ 0.125 244 QKQGEGPMTY 0.125 371LPLMIQIDTY 0.125 557 LPVEKIAKLY 0.125 160 RGDGEEQRVV 0.125 28 LTAATKAMMS0.125 144 AEDFTPVFMA 0.125 472 ANLQRTGQVY 0.125 530 TDDVFDALML 0.125 4DPPFNTRRAY 0.125 516 EEGTKRVLLY 0.125 178 VPSLATHSAY 0.125 266ETGDNKCFRH 0.125 134 IPVSGITVVK 0.100 149 PVFMAPPVHY 0.100

TABLE IX-V2 HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 4 ESDNNKRLVA 3.750 14 LVPMPSDPPF0.200 1 MSQESDNNKR 0.150 2 SQESDNNKRL 0.135 15 VPMPSDPPFN 0.050 10RLVALVPMPS 0.050 13 ALVPMPSDPP 0.010 16 PMPSDPPFNT 0.003 11 LVALVPMPSD0.002 5 SDNNKRLVAL 0.001 12 VALVPMPSQP 0.001 3 QESDNNKRLV 0.001 6DNNKRLVALV 0.001 8 NKRLVALVPM 0.000 9 KRLVALVPMP 0.000 7 NNKRLVALVP0.000

TABLE IX-V4 HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 LTAATKAMMI 0.125 2 TAATKAMMII 0.0504 ATKAMMIING 0.013 9 MIINGDEDSA 0.010 10 IINGDEDSAA 0.010 8 MMIINGDEDS0.005 3 AATKAMMIIN 0.005 6 KAMMIINGDE 0.001 7 AMMIINGDED 0.001 5TKAMMIINGD 0.000

TABLE IX-V5 HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 6 RDEEQKQNRK 0.900 7 DEEQKQNRKK 0.9005 IRDEEQKQNR 0.250 9 EQKQNRKKGK 0.003 2 ERKIRDEEQK 0.001 4 KIRDEEQKQN0.001 10 QKQNRKKGKG 0.001 3 RKIRDEEQKQ 0.000 8 EEQKQNRKKG 0.000 1AERKIRDEEQ 0.000

TABLE IX-V5&6 HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 DEEQKQNRKN 0.045 3 EQKQNRKNGK 0.0034 QKQNRKNGKG 0.001 2 EEQKQNRKNG 0.000

TABLE IX-V6 HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 2 ERKQNRKNGK 0.001 7 RKNGKGQASQ 0.0013 RKQNRKNGKG 0.001 8 KNGKGQASQT 0.000 4 KQNRKNGKGQ 0.000 6 NRKNGKGQAS0.000 5 QNRKNGKGQA 0.000 1 EERKQNRKNG 0.000

TABLE IX-V8 HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 10 MGLMEAISEK 0.050 8 TVMGLMEAIS0.020 6 SPTVMGLMEA 0.013 1 ALMLKSPTVM 0.010 5 KSPTVMGLME 0.007 3MLKSPTVMGL 0.005 4 LKSPTVMGLM 0.005 7 PTVMGLMEAI 0.003 9 VMGLMEAISE0.003 2 LMLKSPTVMG 0.001

TABLE X-V1 HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 253 YLNKGQFYA 729.004 49 GLLYDYYKV386.014 536 ALMLKSPTV 257.342 591 FILNMESMV 162.769 180 SLATHSAYL117.493 350 KIFITVNCL 87.488 90 NLSGGENRV 69.552 522 VLLYVRKET 46.873337 NAVSFTWDV 27.531 234 YTLEATKSL 20.704 528 KETDDVFDA 18.492 597SMVEGFKVT 17.190 133 IIPVSGITV 16.258 98 VQVLKTVPV 11.988 107 NLSLNQDHL10.468 573 ILVNMDDNI 8.691 334 IAYNAVSFT 7.122 307 RQHTAKQRV 7.052 174TQYDVPSLA 6.609 585 YSNEDTFIL 6.254 341 FTWDVNEEA 5.293 352 FITVNCLST4.713 461 QPVLFIPDV 3.968 23 YLENPLTAA 3.364 222 YMYDQTSSG 3.248 557LPVEKIAKL 2.236 369 KGLPLMIQI 2.028 1 MPSDPPFNT 1.967 140 TVVKAEDFT1.757 279 KVRSVVMVV 1.527 56 KVPRDKRLL 1.308 142 VKAEDFTPV 1.279 100VLKTVPVNL 1.271 83 GTSEAQSNL 1.216 465 FIPDVHFAN 1.121 525 TVRKETDDV1.043 102 KTVPVNLSL 1.038 187 YLKDDQRST 0.984 564 KLYKKSKKG 0.835 598MVEGFKVTL 0.773 134 IPVSGITVV 0.728 124 SISFPESSA 0.683 173 QTQYDVPSL0.682 574 LVNMDDNII 0.636 151 FMAPPVHYP 0.626 446 KSDITYFKT 0.592 21KSYLENPLT 0.545 228 SSGTFQYTL 0.530 546 GLMEAISEK 0.520 227 TSSGTFQYT0.508 373 LMIQIDTYS 0.503 256 KGQFYAITL 0.488 463 VLFIPDVHF 0.469 148TPVFMAPPV 0.454 375 IQIDTYSYN 0.434 441 IPLQKKSDI 0.428 125 ISFPESSAI0.428 518 GTKRVLLYV 0.428 599 VEGFKVTLM 0.378 360 TDFSSQKGV 0.357 567KKSKKGILV 0.338 493 VLVKRMFRP 0.338 587 NEDTFILNM 0.338 37 SINGDEDSA0.335 131 SAIIPVSGI 0.333 30 AATKAMMSI 0.333 363 SSQKGVKGL 0.321 362YNNRSNKPI 0.313 455 MPDLHSQPV 0.309 371 LLPLMIQIDT 0.306 47 ALGLLYDYY0.301 169 VIFEQTQYD 0.291 82 RLLSVSKAS 0.276 366 KGVKGLPLM 0.261 230GTFQYTLEA 0.255 24 LENPLTAAT 0.246 555 YGLPVEKIA 0.226 38 INGDEDSAA0.226 278 SKVRSVVMV 0.222 331 IEEIAYNAV 0.221 472 ANLQRTGQV 0.218 144AEDFTPVFM 0.213 50 LLYDYYKVP 0.204 576 NMDDNIIEH 0.203 347 EEAKIFITV0.193 319 ADYKESFNT 0.192 160 RGDGEEQRV 0.182 466 IPDVHFANL 0.180 330NIEEIAYNA 0.179 345 VNEEAKIFI 0.167 326 NTIGNIEEI 0.163 458 LHSQPVLFI0.156 476 RTGQVYYNT 0.155 506 FGPVPSKQM 0.149 201 SESFKDAAT 0.145 327TIGNIEEIA 0.137 55 YKVPRDKRL 0.136 20 WKSYLENPL 0.136

TABLE X-V2 HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 QESDNNKRL 1.703 7 NNKRLVALV 0.03710 RLVALVPMP 0.034 6 DNNKRLVAL 0.024 9 KRLVALVPM 0.021 13 ALVPMPSDP0.015 11 LVALVPMPS 0.011 16 PMPSDPPFN 0.007 15 VPMPSDPPF 0.003 12VALVPMPSD 0.003 5 SDNNKRLVA 0.003 4 ESDNNKRLV 0.003 14 LVPMPSDPP 0.001 1MSQESDNNK 0.001 2 SQESDNNKR 0.000 8 NKRLVALVP 0.000

TABLE X V4-HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 9 IINGDEDSA 0.569 1 TAATKAMMI 0.1452 AATKAMMII 0.137 7 MMIINGDED 0.009 8 MIINGDEDS 0.009 5 KAMMIINGD 0.0066 AMMIINGDE 0.005 4 TKAMMIING 0.000 3 ATKAMMIIN 0.000

TABLE X V5-HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 KIRDEEQKQ 0.002 4 IRDEEQKQN 0.0009 QKQNRKKGK 0.000 8 EQKQNRKKG 0.000 2 RKIRDEEQK 0.000 5 RDEEQKQNR 0.0007 EEQKQNRKK 0.000 6 DEEQKQNRK 0.000 1 ERKIRDEEQ 0.000

TABLE X V5 & 6-HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 1 EEQKQNRKN 0.000 3 QKQNRKNGK 0.0002 EQKQNRKNG 0.000

TABLE X V6-HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 4 KQNRKNGKG 0.003 9 NGKGQASQT 0.0028 KNGKGQASQ 0.000 7 RKNGKGQAS 0.000 3 RKQNRKNGK 0.000 5 QNRKNGKGQ 0.0006 NRKNGKGQA 0.000 1 EERKQNRKN 0.000 2 ERKQNRKNG 0.000

TABLE X V8-HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 1 LMLKSPTVM 9.253 7 TVMGLMEAI 3.8073 LKSPTVMGL 0.116 8 VMGLMEAIS 0.038 4 KSPTVMGLM 0.034 2 MLKSPTVMG 0.0046 PTVMGLMEA 0.003 9 MGLMEAISE 0.001 5 SPTVMGLME 0.000

TABLE XI V1-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 463 VLFIPDVHFA 395.296 245 KQGEGPMTYL393.172 222 YMYDQTSSGT 324.814 169 VIFEQTQYDV 246.631 597 SMVEGFKVTL240.374 454 TMPDLHSQPV 205.951 564 KLYKKSKKGI 116.847 465 FIPDVHFANL105.256 253 YLNKGQFYAI 91.183 460 SQPVLFIPDV 61.633 336 YNAVSFTWDV59.522 556 GLPVEKIAKL 49.134 550 AISEKYGLPV 39.210 263 TLSETGDNKC 20.369133 IIPVSGITVV 15.331 271 KCFRHPISKV 13.523 595 MESMVEGFKV 13.335 174TQYDVPSLAT 9.913 457 DLHSQPVLFI 9.898 132 AIIPVSGITV 9.563 370GLPLMIQIDT 7.452 573 ILVNMDDNII 7.272 513 QMKEEGTKRV 7.208 99 QVLKTVPVNL6.916 97 RVQVLKTVPV 6.086 528 KETDDVFDAL 5.549 147 FTPVFMAPPV 4.444 48LGLLYDYYKV 4.284 330 NIEEIAYNAV 3.764 15 SEDEAWKSYL 3.747 449 ITYFKTMPDL3.712 493 VLVKRMFRPM 3.209 538 MLKSPTVKGL 2.923 572 GILVNMDDNI 2.601 521RVLLYVRKET 2.413 23 YLENPLTAAT 2.194 500 RPMEEEFGPV 1.701 89 SNLSGGENRV1.680 344 DVNEEAKIFI 1.544 362 FSSQKGVKGL 1.475 440 AIPLQKKSDI 1.435 124SISFPESSAI 1.435 445 KKSDITYFKT 1.292 392 RAYCQIKVFC 1.214 226QTSSGTFQYT 1.082 333 EIAYNAVSFT 0.972 91 LSGGENRVQV 0.772 548 MEAISEKYGL0.706 141 VVKAEDFTPV 0.688 37 SINGDEDSAA 0.683 432 SSSDGKLAAI 0.642 471FANLQRTGQV 0.578 546 GLMEAISEKY 0.554 57 VPRDKRLLSV 0.553 92 SGGENRVQVL0.539 227 TSSGTFQYTL 0.530 144 AEDFTPVFMA 0.515 139 ITVVKAEDFT 0.474 230GTFQYTLEAT 0.432 517 EGTKRVLLYV 0.431 106 VNLSLNQDHL 0.430 198STYSESFKDA 0.420 473 NLQRTGQVYY 0.410 318 IADYKESFNT 0.408 359STDFSSQKGV 0.386 172 EQTQYDVPSL 0.374 21 KSYLENPLTA 0.363 388 KPIHRAYCQI0.358 325 FNTIGNIEEI 0.353 143 KAEDFTPVFM 0.349 537 LMLKSPTVKG 0.339 29TAATKAMMSI 0.333 94 GENRVQVLKT 0.333 50 LLYDYYKVPR 0.332 127 FPESSAIIPV0.307 592 ILNMESMVEG 0.291 535 DALMLKSPTV 0.268 366 KGVKGLPLMI 0.238 82LGTSEAQSNL 0.237 39 NGDEDSAAAL 0.229 38 INGDEDSAAA 0.226 322 KESFNTIGNI0.212 214 SASVGAEEYM 0.186 307 RQHTAKQRVL 0.178 125 ISFPESSAII 0.176 73QEDQEKRNCL 0.166 346 NEEAKIFITV 0.164 130 SSAIIPVSGI 0.167 301WKYWHSRQHT 0.152 123 YSISFPESSA 0.149 13 YTSEDEAWKS 0.146 374 MIQIDTYSYN0.144 329 GNIEEIAYNA 0.133 350 KIFITVNCLS 0.133 63 LLSVSKASDS 0.127 26NPLTAATKAM 0.120 437 KLAAIPLQKK 0.120 345 VNEEAKIFIT 0.119 468DVHFANLQRT 0.112 232 FQYTLEATKS 0.111

TABLE XI V2-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 3 QESDNNKRLV 1.109 16 PMPSDPPFNT0.687 2 SQESDNNKRL 0.139 6 DNNKRLVALV 0.078 10 RLVALVPMPS 0.075 5SDNNKRLVAL 0.068 15 VPMPSDPPFN 0.017 14 LVPMPSDPPF 0.011 13 ALVPMPSDPP0.007 11 LVALVPMPSD 0.005 12 VALVPMPSDP 0.001 8 NKRLVALVPM 0.001 1MSQESDNNKR 0.001 4 ESDNNKRLVA 0.000 9 KRLVALVPMP 0.000 7 NNKRLVALVP0.000

TABLE XI V4-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 10 IINGDEDSAA 1.161 9 MIINGDEDSA0.569 1 LTAATKAMMI 0.246 2 TAATKAMMII 0.137 8 MMIINGDEDS 0.045 7AMMIINGDED 0.020 3 AATKAMMIIN 0.001 6 KAMMIINGDE 0.000 4 ATKAMMIING0.000 5 TKAMMIINGD 0.000

TABLE XI V5-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 4 KIRDEEQKQN 0.011 8 EEQKQNRKKG 0.0003 RKIRDEEQKQ 0.000 10 QKQNRKKGKG 0.000 1 AERKIRDEEQ 0.000 5 IRDEEQKQNR0.000 6 RDEEQKQNRK 0.000 9 EQKQNRKKGK 0.000 7 DEEQKQNRKK 0.000 2ERKIRDEEQK 0.000

TABLE XI V5 & 6-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Start Subsequence Score 2 EEQKGNRKNG 0.000 4QHQNRKNGKG 0.000 3 EQKQNRKNGK 0.000 1 DEEQKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE XI V6-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 8 KNGKGQASQT 0.170 4 KQNRKNGKGQ 0.0055 QNRKNGKGQA 0.000 7 RKNGKGQASQ 0.000 3 RKQNRKNGKG 0.000 1 EERKQNRKNG0.000 6 NRKNGKGQAS 0.000 2 ERKQNRKNGK 0.000

TABLE XI V8-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 ALMLKSPTVM 7.536 3 MLKSPTVMGL 2.9232 LMLKSPTVMG 0.339 6 SPTVMGLMEA 0.075 9 VMGLMEAISE 0.018 8 TVMGLMEAIS0.010 7 PTVMGLMEAI 0.004 4 LKSPTVMGLM 0.004 10 MGLMEAISEK 0.001 5KSPTVMGLME 0.000

TABLE XII V1-HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 546 GLMEAISEK 202.500 437 KLAAIPLQK180.000 556 GLPVEKIAK 120.000 284 VMVVFSEDK 90.000 263 TLSETGDNK 30.000537 LMLKSPTVK 30.000 463 VLFIPDVHF 15.000 532 DVFDALMLK 9.000 594NMESMVEGF 6.000 547 LMEAISEKY 6.000 513 QMKEEGTKR 6.000 271 KCFRHPISK6.000 314 RVLDIADYK 4.500 395 CQIKVFCDK 4.050 235 TLEATKSLR 4.000 473NLQRTGQVY 4.000 47 ALGLLYDYY 4.000 232 FQYTLEATK 3.000 350 KIFITVNCL2.700 49 GLLYDYYKV 2.700 297 QLKYWKYWH 1.800 13 YTSEDEAWK 1.500 507GPVPSKQMK 1.350 216 SVGAEEYMY 1.200 492 SVLVKRMFR 1.200 374 MIQIDTYSY1.200 245 KQGEGPMTY 1.080 286 VVFSEDKNR 1.000 230 GTFQYTLEA 0.900 372PLMIQIDTY 0.900 100 VLKTVPVNL 0.900 573 ILVNMDDNI 0.900 512 KQMKEEGTK0.810 102 KTVPVNLSL 0.608 504 EEFGPVPSK 0.607 180 SLATHSAYL 0.600 457DLHSQPVLF 0.600 226 QTSSGTFQY 0.600 107 NLSLNQDHL 0.600 168 VVIFEQTQY0.600 111 NQDHLENSK 0.600 576 NMDDNIIEH 0.600 181 LATHSAYLK 0.600 253YLNKGQFYA 0.600 279 KVRSVVMVV 0.540 367 GVKGLPLMI 0.540 488 REGGSVLVK0.540 380 YSYNNRSNK 0.500 438 LAAIPLQKK 0.450 135 PVSGITVVK 0.450 23YLENPLTAA 0.450 46 AALGLLYDY 0.405 597 SMVEGFKVT 0.338 358 LSTDFSSQK0.300 562 IAKLYKKSK 0.300 536 ALMLKSPTV 0.300 90 NLSGGENRV 0.300 48LGLLYDYYK 0.270 94 GENRVQVLK 0.270 445 KKSDITYFK 0.270 152 MAPPVHYPR0.270 598 MVEGFKVTL 0.270 468 DVHFANLQR 0.240 443 LQKKSDITY 0.240 497RMFRPMEEE 0.225 354 TVNCLSTDF 0.200 400 FCDKGAERK 0.200 185 SAYLKDDQR0.200 429 QCNSSSDGK 0.200 299 KYWKYWHSR 0.180 143 KAEDFTPVF 0.180 317DIADYKESF 0.180 564 KLYKKSKKG 0.150 50 LLYDYYKVP 0.150 251 MTYLNKGQF0.150 139 ITVVKAEDF 0.150 543 TVKGLMEAI 0.135 151 FMAPPVHYP 0.135 83GTSEAQSNL 0.135 518 GTKRVLLYV 0.135 330 NIEEIAYNA 0.135 493 VLVKRMFRP0.135 559 VEKIAKLYK 0.120 474 LQRTGQVYY 0.120 522 VLLYVRKET 0.113 326NTIGNIEEI 0.101 523 LLYVRKETD 0.100 222 YMYDQTSSG 0.100 520 KRVLLYVRK0.090 373 LMIQIDTYS 0.090 370 GLPLMIQID 0.090 173 QTQYDVPSL 0.090 44SAAALGLLY 0.080 341 FTWDVNEEA 0.075 392 RAYCQIKVF 0.075 294 RDEQLKYWK0.060 390 IHRAYCQIK 0.060 333 EIAYNAVSF 0.060 574 LVNMDDNII 0.060 315VLDIADYKE 0.060

TABLE XII V2-HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 1 MSQESDNNK 0.150 2 SQESDNNKR 0.12010 RLVALVPMP 0.090 13 ALVPMPSDP 0.045 15 VPMPSDPPF 0.045 11 LVALVPMPS0.012 14 LVPMPSDPP 0.003 16 PMPSDPPFN 0.002 9 KRLVALVPM 0.001 7NNKRLVALV 0.001 3 QESDNNKRL 0.001 12 VALVPMPSD 0.001 6 DNNKRLVAL 0.001 5SDNNKRLVA 0.000 8 NKRLVALVP 0.000 4 ESDNNKRLV 0.000

TABLE XII V4-HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 9 IINGDEDSA 0.030 7 MMIINGDED 0.0302 AATKAMMII 0.018 6 AMMIINGDE 0.013 1 TAATKAMMI 0.012 8 MIINGDEDS 0.0063 ATKAMMIIN 0.003 5 KAMMIINGD 0.002 4 TKAMMIING 0.000

TABLE XII V5-HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 2 RKIRDEEQK 0.030 6 DEEQKQNRK 0.0189 QKQNRKKGK 0.010 5 RDEEQKQNR 0.006 3 KIRDEEQKQ 0.006 7 EEQKQNRKK 0.0028 EQKQNRKKG 0.000 4 IRDEEQKQN 0.000 1 ERKIRDEEQ 0.000

TABLE XII V5 & 6-HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 QKQNRKNGK 0.020 2 EQKQNRKNG 0.0001 EEQKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE XII V6-HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 RKQNRKNGK 0.020 4 KQNRKNGKG 0.0019 NGKGQASQT 0.000 8 KNGKGQASQ 0.000 7 RKNGKGQAS 0.000 6 NRKNGKGQA 0.0005 QNRKNGKGQ 0.000 2 ERKQNRKNG 0.000 1 EERKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE XII V8-HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 1 LMLKSPTVM 0.300 7 TVMGLMEAI 0.2038 VMGLMEAIS 0.040 2 MLKSPTVMG 0.030 3 LKSPTVMGL 0.005 6 PTVMGLMEA 0.0054 KSPTVMGLM 0.002 5 SPTVMGLME 0.000 9 MGLMEAISE 0.000

TABLE XIII V1-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3, each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 47 ALGLLYDYYK 180.00 0 437 KLAAIPLQKK135.00 0 50 LLYDYYKVPR 60.000 180 SLATHSAYLK 60.000 357 CLSTDFSSQK60.000 546 GLMEAISEKY 40.500 536 ALMLKSPTVK 30.000 151 FMAPPVHYPR 27.000373 LMIQIDTYSY 18.000 497 RMFRPMEEEF 10.000 561 KIAKLYKKSK 9.000 283VVMVVFSEDK 9.000 594 NMESMVEGFK 9.000 576 NMDDNIIEHY 9.000 398KVFCDKGAER 6.000 253 YLNKGQFYAI 5.400 341 FTWDVNEEAK 5.000 564KLYKKSKKGI 4.500 597 SMVEGFKVTL 4.050 473 NLQRTGQVYY 4.000 114HLENSKREQY 4.000 463 VLFIPDVHFA 3.000 518 GTKRVLLYVR 2.700 556GLPVEKIAKL 2.700 479 QVYYNTDDER 2.000 457 DLHSQPVLFI 1.620 262ITLSETGDNK 1.500 279 KVRSVVMVVF 1.350 251 MTYLNKGQFY 1.000 573ILVNMDDNII 0.900 394 YCQIKVFCDK 0.900 538 MLKSPTVKGL 0.900 370GLPLMIQIDT 0.900 327 TIGNIEEIAY 0.800 442 PLQKKSDITY 0.800 428TQCNSSSDGK 0.600 167 RVVIFEQTQY 0.600 389 PIHRAYCQIK 0.600 138GITVVKAEDF 0.600 312 KQRVLDIADY 0.540 512 KQMKEEGTKR 0.540 247GEGPMTYLNK 0.540 222 YMYDQTSSGT 0.500 234 YTLEATKSLR 0.450 134IPVSGITVVK 0.450 169 VIFEQTQYDV 0.450 376 QIDTYSYNNR 0.400 558PVEKIAKLYK 0.400 149 PVFMAPPVHY 0.300 285 MVVFSEDKNR 0.300 263TLSETGDNKC 0.300 572 GILVNMDDNI 0.270 559 VEKIAKLYKK 0.270 436GKLAAIPLQK 0.270 449 ITYFKTMPDL 0.225 562 IAKLYKKSKK 0.200 526YVRKETDDVF 0.200 454 TMPDLHSQPV 0.200 245 KQGEGPMTYL 0.182 1 MPSDPPFNTR0.180 491 GSVLVKRMFR 0.180 465 FIPDVHFANL 0.180 45 AAALGLLYDY 0.180 309HTAKQRVLDI 0.180 560 AISEKYGLPV 0.180 100 VLKTVPVNLS 0.180 202ESFKDAATEK 0.150 353 ITVNCLSTDF 0.150 513 QMKEEGTKRV 0.150 49 GLLYDYYKVP0.135 215 ASVGAEEYMY 0.135 545 KGLMEAISEK 0.135 99 QVLKTVPVNL 0.135 297QLKYWKYWHS 0.120 111 NQDHLENSKR 0.120 230 GTFQYTLEAT 0.113 225DQTSSGTFQY 0.108 23 YLENPLTAAT 0.100 69 ASDSQEDQEK 0.100 523 LLYVRKETDD0.100 293 NRDEQLKYWK 0.090 444 QKKSDITYFK 0.090 93 GGENRVQVLK 0.090 555YGLPVEKIAK 0.090 46 AALGLLYDYY 0.090 598 MVEGFKVTLM 0.090 443 LQKKSDITYF0.090 493 VLVKRMFRPM 0.090 350 KIFITVNCLS 0.090 132 AIIPVSGITV 0.090 371LPLMIQIDTY 0.090 24 LENPLTAATK 0.090 503 EEEFGPVPSK 0.081 198 STYSESFKDA0.075 557 LPVEKIAKLY 0.068 271 KCFRHPISKV 0.068 124 SISFPESSAI 0.060 552SEKYGLPVEK 0.060 109 SLNQDHLENS 0.060 195 TPDSTYSESF 0.060

TABLE XIII V2-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 14 LVPMPSDPPF 0.200 10 RLVALVPMPS0.180 13 ALVPMPSDPP 0.068 16 PMPSDPPFNT 0.045 1 MSQESDNNKR 0.030 2SQESDNNKRL 0.009 11 LVALVPMPSD 0.005 5 SDNNKRLVAL 0.001 4 ESDNNKRLVA0.001 15 VPMPSDPPFN 0.000 6 DNNKRLVALV 0.000 8 NKRLVALVPM 0.000 12VALVPMPSDP 0.000 9 KRLVALVPMP 0.000 7 NNKRLVALVP 0.000 3 QESDNNKRLV0.000

TABLE XIII V4-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 LTAATKAMMI 0.060 8 MMIINGDEDS 0.0607 AMMIINGDED 0.030 9 MIINGDEDSA 0.030 10 IINGDEDSAA 0.030 2 TAATKAMMII0.018 4 ATKAMMIING 0.003 3 AATKAMMIIN 0.001 6 KAMMIINGDE 0.000 5TKAMMIINGD 0.000

TABLE XIII V5-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 9 EQKQNRKKGK 0.090 6 RDEEQKQNRK 0.0305 IRDEEQKQNR 0.006 2 ERKIRDEEQK 0.006 4 KIRDEEQKQN 0.003 7 DEEQKQNRKK0.002 1 AERKIRDEEQ 0.000 3 RKIRDEEQKQ 0.000 8 EEQKQNRKKG 0.000 10QKQNRKKGKG 0.000

TABLE XIII V5 & 6-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 3 EQKQNRKNGK 0.180 2 EEQKQNRKNG 0.0004 QKQNRKNGKG 0.000 1 DEEQKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE XIII V6-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 2 ERKQNRKNGK 0.006 4 KQNRKNGKGQ 0.0018 KNGKGQASQT 0.001 5 QNRKNGKGQA 0.000 6 NRKNGKGQAS 0.000 7 RKNGKGQASQ0.000 1 EERKQNRKNG 0.000 3 RKQNRKNGKG 0.000

TABLE XIII V8-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 3 MLKSPTVMGL 3.600 1 ALMLKSPTVM 0.30010 MGLMEAISEK 0.045 2 LMLKSPTVMG 0.045 9 VMGLMEAISE 0.040 8 TVMGLMEAIS0.009 7 PTVMGLMEAI 0.007 6 SPTVMGLMEA 0.006 5 KSPTVMGLME 0.001 4LKSPTVMGLM 0.000

TABLE XIV V1-HLA-A1101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 314 RVLDIADYK 9.000 512 KQMKEEGTK3.600 556 GLPVEKIAK 2.400 271 KCFRHPISK 2.400 546 GLMEAISEK 2.400 532DVFDALMLK 2.400 437 KLAAIPLQK 2.400 492 SVLVKRMFR 1.200 232 FQYTLEATK1.200 13 YTSEDEAWK 1.000 395 CQIKVFCDK 0.900 507 GPVPSKQMK 0.900 111NQDHLENSK 0.600 284 VMVVFSEDK 0.600 537 LMLKSPTVK 0.600 299 KYWKYWHSR0.480 263 TLSETGDNK 0.400 286 VVFSEDKNR 0.400 181 LATHSAYLK 0.400 488REGGSVLVK 0.360 468 DVHFANLQR 0.240 429 QCNSSSDGK 0.200 400 FCDKGAERK0.200 135 PVSGITVVK 0.200 203 SFKDAATEK 0.200 438 LAAIPLQKK 0.200 94GENRVQVLK 0.180 480 VYYNTDDER 0.160 445 KKSDITYFK 0.120 294 RDEQLKYWK0.120 279 KVRSVVMVV 0.120 559 VEKIAKLYK 0.120 367 GVKGLPLMI 0.120 230GTFQYTLEA 0.120 562 IAKLYKKSK 0.100 407 RKIRDEERK 0.090 520 KRVLLYVRK0.090 102 KTVPVNLSL 0.090 185 SAYLKDDQR 0.080 54 YYKVPRDKR 0.080 152MAPPVHYPR 0.080 51 LYDYYKVPR 0.080 513 QMKEEGTKR 0.080 235 TLEATKSLR0.080 48 LGLLYDYYK 0.060 266 ETGDNKCFR 0.060 361 DFSSQKGVK 0.060 595MESMVEGFK 0.060 518 GTKRVLLYV 0.060 399 VFCDKGAER 0.040 216 SVGAEEYMY0.040 380 YSYNNRSNK 0.040 504 EEFGPVPSK 0.036 245 KQGEGPMTY 0.036 49GLLYDYYKV 0.036 563 AKLYKKSKK 0.030 414 RKQNRKKGK 0.030 168 VVIFEQTQY0.030 83 GTSEAQSNL 0.030 226 QTSSGTFQY 0.030 53 DYYKVPRDK 0.024 350KIFITVNCL 0.024 341 FTWDVNEEA 0.020 390 IHRAYCQIK 0.020 304 WHSRQHTAK0.020 543 TVKGLMEAI 0.020 354 TVNCLSTDF 0.020 342 TWDVNEEAK 0.020 70SDSQEDQEK 0.020 251 MTYLNKGQF 0.020 574 LVNMDDNII 0.020 358 LSTDFSSQK0.020 598 MVEGFKVTL 0.020 525 YVRKETDDV 0.020 243 RQKQGEGPM 0.018 411DEERKQNRK 0.018 307 RQHTAKQRV 0.018 560 EKIAKLYKK 0.018 139 ITVVKAEDF0.015 326 NTIGNIEEI 0.015 410 RDEERKQNR 0.012 89 SNLSGGENR 0.012 253YLNKGQFYA 0.012 11 RAYTSEDEA 0.012 336 AYNAVSFTW 0.012 398 KVFCDKGAE0.012 601 GFKVTLMEI 0.012 553 EKYGLPVEK 0.012 554 KYGLPVEKI 0.012 248EGPMTYLNK 0.012 25 ENPLTAATK 0.012 174 TQYDVPSLA 0.012 22 SYLENPLTA0.012 443 LQKKSDITY 0.012 28 LTAATKAMM 0.010 173 QTQYDVPSL 0.010 98VQVLKTVPV 0.009 282 SVVMVVFSE 0.009 167 RVVIFEQTQ 0.009 536 ALMLKSPTV0.008

TABLE XIV V2-HLA-A1101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 2 SQESDNNKR 0.120 1 MSQESDNNK 0.02015 VPMPSDPPF 0.004 11 LVALVPMPS 0.004 14 LVPMPSDPP 0.002 10 RLVALVPMP0.002 9 KRLVALVPM 0.001 13 ALVPMPSDP 0.001 7 NNKRLVALV 0.000 5 SDNNKRLVA0.000 12 VALVPMPSD 0.000 3 QESDNNKRL 0.000 6 DNNKRLVAL 0.000 16PMPSDPPFN 0.000 8 NKRLVALVP 0.000 4 ESDNNKRLV 0.000

TABLE XIV V4-HLA-A1101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 9 IINGDEDSA 0.004 1 TAATKAMMI 0.0042 AATKAMMII 0.004 3 ATKAMMIIN 0.002 5 KAMMIINGD 0.001 6 AMMIINGDE 0.0018 MILNGDEDS 0.001 7 MMIINGDED 0.001 4 TKAMMIING 0.000

TABLE XIV V5-HLA-A1101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 2 RKIRDEEQK 0.090 6 DEEQKQNRK 0.0185 RDEEQKQNR 0.012 9 QKQNRKKGK 0.010 7 EEQKQNRKK 0.002 3 KIRDEEQKQ 0.0018 EQKQNRKKG 0.000 4 IRDEEQKQN 0.000 1 ERKIRDEEQ 0.000

TABLE XIV-V5&6 HLA-A1101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 QKQNRKNGK 0.020 2 EQKQNRKNG 0.0001 EEQKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE XIV-V6 HLA-A1101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 RKQNRKNGK 0.060 4 KQNRKNGKG 0.0026 NRKNGKGQA 0.000 8 KNGKGQASQ 0.000 7 RKNGKGQAS 0.000 9 NGKGQASSQT 0.0005 QNRKNGKGQ 0.000 2 ERKQNRKNG 0.000 1 EERKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE XIV-V8 HLA-A1101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 7 TVMGLMEAI 0.040 1 LMLKSPTVM 0.0066 PTVMGLMEA 0.003 4 KSPTVMGLM 0.001 8 VMGLMEAIS 0.000 5 SPTVMGLME 0.0003 LKSPTVMGL 0.000 2 MLKSPTVMG 0.000 9 MGLMEAISE 0.000

TABLE XV-VI HLA-A1101-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 283 VVMVVFSEDK 4.000 398 KVFCDKGAER2.400 341 FTWDVNEEAK 2.000 262 ITLSETGDNK 1.500 518 GTKRVLLYVR 1.200 437KLAAIPLQKK 1.200 536 ALMLKSPTVK 0.800 160 SLATHSAYLK 0.800 479QVYYNTDDER 0.800 47 ALGLLYDYYK 0.800 512 KQMKEEGTKR 0.720 428 TQCNSSSDGK0.600 561 KIAKLYKKSK 0.600 379 TYSYNNRSNK 0.400 12 AYTSEDEAWK 0.400 357CLSTDFSSQK 0.400 594 NMESMVEGFK 0.400 558 PVEKIAKLYK 0.400 247GEGPMTYLNK 0.360 234 YTLEATKSLR 0.300 134 IPVSGITVVK 0.300 265MVVFSEDKNR 0.300 231 TFQYTLEATK 0.200 399 VFCDKGAERK 0.200 562IAKLYKKSKK 0.200 394 YCQIKVFCDK 0.200 436 GKLAAIPLQK 0.180 151FMAPPVHYPR 0.160 50 LLYDYYKVPR 0.160 659 VEDIAKLYKK 0.120 111 NQDHLENSKR0.120 545 KGLMEAISEK 0.090 167 RVVIFEQYQY 0.090 376 QIDTYSYNNR 0.080 59RDKRLLSVSK 0.060 555 YGLPVEKIAK 0.060 410 RDEERKQNRK 0.060 93 GGENRVQVLK0.060 279 KVRSVVMVVF 0.060 24 LENPLTAATK 0.060 97 RVQVLKTVPV 0.060 552SEKYGLPVEK 0.060 53 DYYKVPRDKR 0.048 270 NKCFRHPISK 0.040 389 PIHRAYCQIK0.040 444 QKKSDITYFK 0.040 110 LNQDHLENSK 0.040 360 TDFSSQKGVK 0.040 293NRDEQLKYWK 0.040 158 YPRGDGEEQR 0.040 1 MPSDPPFNTR 0.040 491 GSVLVKRMFR0.036 488 REGGSVLVKR 0.036 313 QRVLDIADYK 0.030 99 QVLKTVPVNL 0.030 302KYWHSRQHTA 0.024 497 RMFRPMEEEF 0.024 546 GLMEAISEKY 0.024 303YWHSRQHTAK 0.020 449 ITYFKTMPDL 0.020 519 TKRVLLYVRK 0.020 272CFRHPISKVR 0.020 251 MTYLNKGQFY 0.020 69 ASDSQEDQEK 0.020 506 FGPVPSKQMK0.020 596 MVEGFKVTLM 0.020 511 SKQMKEEGTK 0.020 141 VVKAEDFTPV 0.020 309HTAKQRVLDI 0.020 525 YVRKETDDVF 0.020 314 RVLDIADYKE 0.018 252TYLNKGQFYA 0.018 572 GILVNMDDNI 0.018 312 KQRVLDIADY 0.018 531DDVFDALMLK 0.018 245 KQGEGPMTYL 0.018 503 EEEFGPVPSK 0.018 169VIFEQTQYDV 0.016 383 NNRSNKPIHR 0.016 326 NTIGNIEEIA 0.015 353ITVNCLSTDF 0.015 556 GLPVEDIAKL 0.012 265 SETGDNKCFR 0.012 202ESFKDAATEK 0.012 500 RPMEEEFGPV 0.012 487 EREGGSVLVK 0.012 344DVNEEAKIFI 0.012 138 GITVVKAEDF 0.012 271 KCFRHPISKV 0.012 11 RAYTSEDEAW0.012 564 KLYKKSKKGI 0.012 364 SQKGVKGLPL 0.012 405 AERKIRDEER 0.012 367GVKGLPLMIQ 0.012 132 AIIPVSGITV 0.012 373 LMIQIDTYSY 0.012 56 KVPRDKRLLS0.012 334 IAYNAVSFTW 0.012 584 HYSNEDTFIL 0.012 208 ATEKFRSASV 0.010

TABLE XV-V2 HLA-A1101-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 14 LVPMPSDPPF 0.020 1 MSQESDNNKR0.004 2 SQESDNNKRL 0.003 11 LVALVPMPSK 0.002 13 ALVPMPSDPP 0.001 15VPMPSDPPFN 0.000 12 VALVPMPSDP 0.000 5 SDNNKRLVAL 0.000 8 NKRLVALVPM0.000 16 PMPSDPPFNT 0.000 6 DNNKRLVALV 0.000 4 ESDNNKRLVA 0.000 9KRLVALVPMP 0.000 7 NNKRLVALVP 0.000 3 QESDNNKRLV 0.000

TABLE XV-V4 HLA-A1101-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 LTAATKAMMI 0.020 9 MIINGDEDSA 0.00610 IINGDEDSAA 0.004 2 TAATKAMMII 0.004 4 ATKAMMIING 0.002 6 KAMMIINGDE0.001 7 AMMIINGDED 0.001 8 MMIINGDEDS 0.001 3 AATKAMMIIN 0.000 5TKAMMIINGD 0.000

TABLE XV-V5 HLA-A1101-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 9 EQKQNRKKGK 0.090 6 RDEEQKQNRK 0.0602 ERKIRDEEQK 0.060 5 IRDEEQKQNR 0.004 7 DEEQKQNRKK 0.002 4 KIRDEEQKQN0.001 3 RKIRDEEQKQ 0.000 1 AERKIRDEEQ 0.000 10 QKQNRKKGKG 0.000 8EEQKQNRKKG 0.000

TABLE XV-V5&6 HLA-A1101-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 3 EQKQNRKNGK 0.180 4 QKQNRKNGKG 0.0002 EEQKQNRKNG 0.000 1 DEEQKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE XV-V6 HLA-A1101-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 3 RKQNRKNGK 0.080 4 KQNRKNGKG 0.002 6NRKNGKGQA 0.000 8 KNGKGQASQ 0.000 7 RKNGKGQAS 0.000 9 NGKGQASQT 0.000 5QNRKNGKGQ 0.000 2 ERKQNRKNG 0.000 1 EERKQNRKN 0.000

TABLE XV-V8 HLA-A1101-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 10 MGLMEAISEK 0.030 1 ALMLKSPTVM0.008 3 MLKSPTVMGL 0.008 8 TVMGLMEAIS 0.004 6 SPTVMGLMEA 0.004 7PTVMGLMEAI 0.002 9 VMGLMEAISE 0.001 2 LMLKSPTVMG 0.001 4 LKSPTVMGLM0.000 5 KSPTVMGLME 0.000

TABLE XVI-V1 HLA-A24-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 450 TYFKTMPDL 200.000 554 KYGLPVEKI110.000 320 DYKESFNTI 88.400 565 LYKKSKKGI 50.000 584 HYSNEDTFI 50.000102 KTVPVNLSL 20.160 498 MFRPMEEEF 13.200 302 KYWHSRQHT 12.000 56KVPRDKRLL 12.000 256 KGQFYAITL 12.000 335 AYNAVSFTW 10.500 350 KIFITVNCL9.600 22 SYLENPLTA 9.000 186 AYLKDDQRS 9.000 126 SFPESSAII 9.000 252TYLNKGQFY 9.000 529 ETDDVFDAL 9.064 557 LPVEKIAKL 7.920 221 EYMYDQTSS7.500 234 YTLEATKSL 7.200 199 TYSESFKDA 7.200 93 GGENRVQVL 7.200 585YSNEDTFIL 7.200 143 KAEDFTPVF 7.200 393 AYCQIDVFC 7.000 122 QYSISFPES6.600 363 SSQKGVKGL 6.000 598 MVEGFKVTL 6.000 549 EAISEKYGL 6.000 246QGEGPMTYL 6.000 173 QTQYDVPSL 6.000 100 VLKTVPVNL 5.800 259 FYAITLSET5.500 233 QYTLEATKS 5.500 601 GFKVTLMEI 5.500 12 AYTSEDEAW 5.000 175QYDVPSLAT 5.000 223 MYDQTSSGT 5.000 379 TYSYNNRSN 5.000 83 GTSEAQSNL4.800 466 IPDVHFANL 4.800 430 CNSSSDGKL 4.400 369 KGLPLMIQI 4.320 491GSVLVKRMF 4.200 180 SLATHSAYL 4.000 435 DGKLAAIPL 4.000 228 SSGTFQYTL4.000 392 RAYCQIKVF 4.000 107 NLSLNQDHL 4.000 43 DSAAALGLL 4.000 590TFILNMESM 3.750 344 DVNEEAKIF 3.600 354 TVNCLSTDF 3.600 139 ITVVKAEDF3.000 594 NMESMVEGF 3.000 317 DIADYKESF 2.400 540 KSPTVKGLM 2.100 463VLFIPDVHF 2.000 333 EIAYNAVSF 2.000 457 DLHSQPVLF 2.000 251 MTYLNKGQF2.000 345 VNEEAKIFI 1.800 574 LVNMDDNII 1.800 162 DGEEQRVVI 1.800 326NTIGNIEEI 1.650 382 YNNRSNKPI 1.500 573 ILVNMDDNI 1.500 131 SAIIPVSGI1.500 366 KGVKGLPLM 1.500 441 IPLQKKSDI 1.500 515 KEEGTKRVL 1.200 543TVKGLMEAI 1.200 125 ISFPESSAI 1.200 367 GVKGLPLMI 1.200 254 LNKGQFYAI1.200 351 IFITVNCLS 1.050 30 AATKAMMSI 1.000 310 TAKQRVLDI 1.000 323ESFNTIGNI 1.000 211 KFRSASVGA 1.000 117 NSKREQYSI 1.000 243 RQKQGEGPM1.000 299 KYWKYWHSR 1.000 269 DNKCFRHPI 1.000 433 SSDGKLAAI 1.000 361SYNNRSNKP 0.990 464 LFIPDVHFA 0.900 74 EDQEKRNCL 0.864 157 HYPRGDGEE0.825 150 VFMAPPVHY 0.750 170 IFEQTQYDV 0.750 524 LYVRKETDD 0.750 215ASVGAEEYM 0.750 481 YYNTDDERE 0.750 231 TFQYTLEAT 0.750 506 FGPVPSKQM0.750 40 GDEDSAAAL 0.720 55 YKVPRDKRL 0.720 53 DYYKVPRDK 0.700 533VFDALMLKS 0.660

TABLE XVI-V2 HLA-A24-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 6 DNNKRLVAL 6.000 15 VPMPSDPPF 3.6003 QESDNNKRL 0.480 9 KRLVALVPM 0.150 11 LVALVPMPS 0.140 7 NNKRLVALV 0.1204 ESDNNKRLV 0.100 10 RLVALVPMP 0.036 1 MSQESDNNK 0.022 2 SQESDNNKR 0.02013 ALVPMPSDP 0.018 5 SDNNKRLVA 0.015 12 VALVPMPSD 0.015 16 PMPSDPPFN0.015 14 LVPMPSDPP 0.015 8 NKRLVALVP 0.001

TABLE XVI-V4 HLA-A24-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 1 TAATKAMMI 1.000 2 AATKAMMII 1.0008 MIINGDEDS 0.150 9 IINGDEDSA 0.150 3 ATKAMMIIN 0.100 5 KAMMIINGD 0.0506 AMMIINGDE 0.021 7 MMIINGDED 0.017 4 TKAMMIING 0.001

TABLE XVI-V5 HLA-A24-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 KIRDEEQKQ 0.032 4 IRDEEQKQN 0.0128 EQKQNRKKG 0.011 5 RDEEQKQNR 0.004 2 RKIRDEEQK 0.003 6 DEEQKQNRK 0.0027 EEQKQNRKK 0.002 9 QKQNRKKGK 0.002 1 ERKIRDEEQ 0.001

TABLE XVI-5&6 HLA-A24-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 1 EEQKQNRKN 0.017 2 EQKQNRKNG 0.0103 QKQNRKNGK 0.002

TABLE XVI-V6 HLA-A24-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 9 NGKGQASQT 0.100 7 RKNGKGQAS 0.0364 KQNRKNGKG 0.033 8 KNGKGQASQ 0.020 1 EERKQNRKN 0.011 6 NRKNGKGQA 0.0105 QNRKNGKGQ 0.010 3 RKQNRKNGK 0.004 2 ERKQNRKNG 0.001

TABLE XVI-V8 HLA-A24-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 4 KSPTVMGLM 2.100 7 TVMGLMEAI 1.8001 LMLKSPTVM 0.750 3 LKSPTVMGL 0.480 8 VMGLMEAIS 0.100 6 PTVMGLMEA 0.0179 MGLMEAISE 0.015 2 MLKSPTVMG 0.010 5 SPTVMGLME 0.010

TABLE XVII-V1 HLA-A24-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 565 LYKKSKKGIL 200.000 584 HYSNEDTFIL200.000 54 YYKVPRDKRL 200.000 233 QYTLEATKSL 200.000 223 MYDQTSSGTF100.000 381 SYNNRSNKPI 75.000 554 KYGLPVEKIA 14.000 203 SFKDAATEKF13.200 302 KYWHSRQHTA 100.000 245 KQGEGPMTYL 9.600 22 SYLENPLTAA 9.000465 FIPDVHFANL 8.640 99 QVLKTVPVNL 8.400 307 RQHTAKQRVL 8.000 252TYLNKGQFYA 7.500 524 LYVRKETDDV 7.500 186 AYLKDDQRST 7.500 597SMVEGFKVTL 7.200 556 GLPVEKIAKL 6.600 429 QCNSSSDGKL 6.600 106VNLSLNQDHL 6.000 199 TYSESFKDAA 6.000 19 AWKSYLENPL 5.760 92 SGGENRVQVL5.760 279 KVRSVVMVVF 5.600 122 QYSISFPESS 5.000 39 NGDEDSAAAL 4.800 497RMFRPMEEEF 4.400 449 ITYFKTMPDL 4.000 227 TSSGTFQYTL 4.000 538MLKSPTVKGL 4.000 456 MPDLHSQPVL 4.000 364 SQKGVKGLPL 4.000 172EQTQYDVPSL 4.000 82 LGTSEAQSNL 4.000 362 FSSQKGVKGL 4.000 353 ITVNCLSTDF3.600 162 DGEEQRVVIF 3.600 593 LNMESMVEGF 3.600 366 KGVKGLPLMI 3.600 388KPIHRAYCQI 3.000 264 LSETGDNKCF 3.000 505 EFGPVPSKQM 3.000 490GGSVLVKRMF 2.800 138 GITVVKAEDF 2.000 195 TPDSTYSESF 2.000 564KLYKKSKKGI 2.000 443 LQKKSDITYF 2.000 525 YVRKETDDVF 2.000 253YLNKGQFYAI 1.800 344 DVNEEAKIFI 1.800 573 ILVNMDDNII 1.800 143KAEDFTPVFM 1.800 528 KETDDVFDAL 1.613 440 AIPLQKKSDI 1.500 572GILVNMDDNI 1.500 568 KSKKGILVNM 1.400 464 LFIPDVHFAN 1.260 446KSDITYFKTM 1.200 125 ISFPESSAII 1.200 515 KEEGTKRVLL 1.200 432SSSDGKLAAI 1.200 325 FNTIGNIEEI 1.100 342 TWDVNEEAKI 1.100 400FCDKGAERKI 1.100 600 EGFKVTLMEI 1.100 116 ENSKREQYSI 1.000 299KYWKYWHSRQ 1.000 457 DLHSQPVLFI 1.000 309 HTAKQRVLDI 1.000 124SISFPESSAI 1.000 29 TAATKAMMSI 1.000 130 SSAIIPVSGI 1.000 493 VLVKRMFRPM0.900 586 SNEDTFILNM 0.900 335 AYNAVSFTWD 0.900 157 HYPRGDGEEQ 0.825 481YYNTDDEREG 0.825 340 SFTWDVNEEA 0.770 26 NPLTAATKAM 0.750 221 EYMYDQTSSG0.750 598 MVEGFKVTLM 0.750 351 IFITVNCLST 0.750 590 TFILNMESMV 0.750 55YKVPRDKRLL 0.720 514 MKEEGTKRVL 0.720 349 AKIFITVNCL 0.720 485DDEREGGSVL 0.600 259 FYAITLSETG 0.600 320 DYKESFNTIG 0.600 489EGGSVLVKRM 0.600 179 PSLATHSAYL 0.600 101 LKTVPVNLSL 0.560 53 DYYKVPRDKR0.550 258 QFYAITLSET 0.550 451 YFKTMPDLHS 0.500 175 QYDVPSLATH 0.500 379TYSYNNRSNK 0.500 589 DTFILNMESM 0.500

TABLE XVII-V2 HLA-A24-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 2 SQESDNNKRL 6.000 14 LVPMPSDPPF3.000 5 SDNNKRLVAL 0.600 10 RLVALVPMPS 0.420 6 DNNKRLVALV 0.180 15VPMPSDPPFN 0.180 4 ESDNNKRLVA 0.100 8 NKRLVALVPM 0.050 1 MSQESDNNKR0.024 13 ALVPMPSDPP 0.018 16 PMPSDPPFNT 0.015 12 VALVPMPSDP 0.015 7NNKRLVALVP 0.014 3 QESDNNKRLV 0.012 11 LVALVPMPSD 0.010 9 KRLVALVPMP0.004

TABLE XVII-V4 HLA-A24-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 LTAATKAMMI 1.000 2 TAATKAMMII 1.0008 MMIINGDEDS 0.150 9 MIINGDEDSA 0.150 10 IINGDEDSAA 0.150 3 AATKAMMIIN0.100 6 KAMMIINGDE 0.042 7 AMMIINGDED 0.017 4 ATKAMMIING 0.010 5TKAMMIINGD 0.002

TABLE XVII-V5 HLA-A24-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 4 KIRDEEQKQN 0.240 9 EQKQNRKKGK 0.0106 RDEEQKQNRK 0.004 3 RKIRDEEQKQ 0.004 8 EEQKQNRKKG 0.002 10  QKQNRKKGKG0.002 7 DEEQKQNRKK 0.002 5 IRDEEQKQNR 0.001 1 AERKIRDEEQ 0.001 2ERKIRDEEQK 0.001

TABLE XVII-V5 & 6 HLA-A24-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 DEEQKQNRKN 0.017 3EQKQNRKNGK 0.012 4 QKQNRKNGKG 0.002 2 EEQKQNRKNG 0.002

TABLE XVII-V6 HLA-A24-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 8 KNGKGQASQT 0.200 5 QNRKNGKGQA 0.1004 KQNRKNGKGQ 0.030 6 NRKNGKGQAS 0.012 3 RKQNRKNGKG 0.003 7 RKNGKGQASQ0.003 2 ERKQNRKNGK 0.001

TABLE XVII V8-HLA-A24-10 mers-202P515 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO:3; each start position is specified, the length of pep- tide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start postionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 EERKQNRKNG 0.001

TABLE XVII V8-HLA-A24-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO:3; each start position is specified, the length of pep- tide is 10amino acids, and the end postion for each peptide is the start postionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score  3 MLKSPTVMGL 4.000  1 ALMLKSPTVM0.750  7 PTVMGLMEAI 0.180  8 TVMGLMEAIS 0.150  6 SPTVMGLMEA 0.110  4LKSPTVMGLM 0.084  5 KSPTVMGLME 0.030 10 MGLMEAISEK 0.017  2 LMLKSPTVMG0.015  9 VMGLMEAISE 0.010

TABLE XVIII-V1 HLA-B7-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 557 LPVEKIAKL 80.000 466 IPDVHFANL24.000 56 KVPRDKRLL 20.000 549 EAISEKYGL 12.000 525 YVRKETDDV 10.000 279KVRSVVMVV 10.000 441 IPLQKKSDI 8.000 598 MVEGFKVTL 6.000 57 VPRDKRLLS6.000 494 LVKRMFRPM 5.000 461 QPVLFIPDV 4.000 256 KGQFYAITL 4.000 43DSAAALGLL 4.000 100 VLKTVPVNL 4.000 275 HPISKVRSV 4.000 148 TPVFMAPPV4.000 107 NLSLNQDHL 4.000 435 DGKLAAIPL 4.000 363 SSQKGVKGL 4.000 486DEREGGSVL 4.000 83 GTSEAQSNL 4.000 585 YSNEDTFIL 4.000 234 YTLEATKSL4.000 180 SLATHSAYL 4.000 173 QTQYDVPSL 4.000 228 SSGTFQYTL 4.000 134IPVSGITVV 4.000 102 KTVPVNLSL 4.000 350 KIFITVNCL 4.000 430 CNSSSDGKL4.000 30 AATKAMMSI 3.600 215 ASVGAEEYM 3.000 1 MPSDPPFNT 3.000 26NPLTAATKA 2.000 371 LPLMIQIDT 2.000 158 YPRGDGEEQ 2.000 543 TVKGLMEAI2.000 4 DPPFNTRRA 2.000 178 VPSLATHSA 2.000 574 LVNMDDNII 2.000 367GVKGLPLMI 2.000 246 QGEGPMTYL 1.800 131 SAIIPVSGI 1.800 536 ALMLKSPTV1.800 506 FGPVPSKQM 1.500 529 ETDDVFDAL 1.200 310 TAKQRVLDI 1.200 93GGENRVQVL 1.200 455 MPDLHSQPV 1.200 490 GGSVLVKRM 1.000 277 ISKVRSVVM1.000 366 KGVKGLPLM 1.000 95 ENRVQVLKT 1.000 540 KSPTVKGLM 1.000 191DQRSTPDST 1.000 28 LTAATKAMM 1.000 243 RQKQGEGPM 1.000 207 AATEKFRSA0.900 472 ANLQRTGQV 0.600 74 EDQEKRNCL 0.600 269 DNKCFRHPI 0.600 153APPVHYPRG 0.600 337 NAVSFTWDV 0.600 516 EEGTKRVLL 0.600 596 ESMVEGFKV0.600 500 RPMEEEFGP 0.600 249 GPMTYLNKG 0.600 140 TVVKAEDFT 0.500 125ISFPESSAI 0.400 531 DDVFDALML 0.400 539 LKSPTVKGL 0.400 573 ILVNMDDNI0.400 290 EDKNRDEQL 0.400 566 YKKSKKGIL 0.400 254 LNKGQFYAI 0.400 382YNNRSNKPI 0.400 326 NTIGNIEEI 0.400 369 KGLPLMIQI 0.400 55 YKVPRDKRL0.400 308 QHTAKQRVL 0.400 20 WKSYLENPL 0.400 365 QKGVKGLPL 0.400 42EDSAAALGL 0.400 450 TYFKTMPDL 0.400 323 ESFNTIGNI 0.400 117 NSKREQYSI0.400 334 IAYNAVSFT 0.300 338 AVSFTWDVN 0.300 11 RAYTSEDEA 0.300 92SGGENRVQV 0.300 272 CFRHPISKV 0.300 535 DALMLKSPT 0.300 132 AIIPVSGIT0.300 541 SPTVKGLME 0.200 591 FILNMESMV 0.200 518 GTKRVLLYV 0.200 90NLSGGENRV 0.200 104 VPVNLSLNQ 0.200 307 RQHTAKQRV 0.200 509 VPSKQMKEE0.200

TABLE XVIII-V2 HLA-B7-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 6 DNNKRLVAL 4.000 15  VPMPSDPPF1.200 3 QESDNNKRL 0.400 7 NNKRLVALV 0.200 11  LVALVPMPS 0.100 9KRLVALVPM 0.100 14  LVPMPSDPP 0.075 4 ESDNNKRLV 0.060 12  VALVPMPSD0.045 13  ALVPMPSDP 0.030 5 SDNNKRLVA 0.015 10  RLVALVPMP 0.010 8NKRLVALVP 0.010 1 MSQESDNNK 0.010 2 SQESDNNKR 0.003 16  PMPSDPPFN 0.002

TABLE XVIII-V4 HLA-B7-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 2 AATKAMMII 3.600 1 TAATKAMMI 1.2009 IINGDEDSA 0.100 6 AMMIINGDE 0.090 5 KAMMIINGD 0.090 3 ATKAMMIIN 0.0608 MIINGDEDS 0.020 7 MMIINGDED 0.010 4 TKAMMIING 0.001

TABLE XVIII-V5 HLA-B7-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 KIRDEEQKQ 0.100 8 EQKQNRKKG 0.0157 EEQKQNRKK 0.001 9 QKQNRKKGK 0.001 1 ERKIRDEEQ 0.001 2 RKIRDEEQK 0.0014 IRDEEQKQN 0.001 6 DEEQKQNRK 0.000 5 RDEEQKQNR 0.000

TABLE XVIII-V5 & 6 HLA-B7-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Start Subsequence Score 2 EQKQNRKNG 0.015 1EEQKQNRKN 0.002 3 QKQNRKNGK 0.001

TABLE XVIII-V6 HLA-B7-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 9 KGKGQASQT 0.100 5 QNRKNGKGQ 0.1001 EERKQNRKN 0.020 6 NRKNGKGQA 0.010 8 KNGKGQASQ 0.010 4 KQNRKNGKG 0.0107 RKNGKGQAS 0.002 2 ERKQNRKNG 0.002 3 RKQNRKNGK 0.001

TABLE XVIII-V8 HLA-B7-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each stat position is specified, the length of peptide is 9 aminoacids, and the end position for each peptide is the start position pluseight. Start Subsequence Score 7 TVMGLMEAI 6.000 1 LMLKSPTVM 1.000 4KSPTVMGLM 1.000 3 LKSPTVMGL 0.400 5 SPTVMGLME 0.200 8 VMGLMEAIS 0.020 2MLKSPTVMG 0.015 6 PTVMGLMEA 0.010 9 MGLMEAISE 0.010

TABLE XIX-VI HLA-B7-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 57 VPRDKRLLSV 40.000 455 MPDLHSQPVL24.000 99 QVLTVPVNL 20.000 26 NPLTAATKAM 20.000 500 RPMEEEFGPV 12.000388 KPIHRAYCQI 8.000 245 KQGEGPMTYL 6.000 275 HPISKVRSVV 6.000 364SQKGVKGLPL 4.000 92 SGGENRVQVL 4.000 429 QCNSSSDGKL 4.000 449 ITYFKTMPDL4.000 556 GLPVEKIAKL 4.000 172 EQTQYDVPSL 4.000 538 MLKSPTVKGL 4.000 106VNLSLNQDHL 4.000 227 TSSGTFQYTL 4.000 362 FSSQKGVKGL 4.000 465FIPDVHFANL 4.000 597 SMVEGFKVTL 4.000 82 LGTSEAQSNL 4.000 307 RQHTAKQRVL4.000 214 SASVGAEEYM 3.000 95 ENRVQVLKTV 2.000 158 YPRGDGEEQR 2.000 441IPLQKKSDIT 2.000 541 SPTVKGLMEA 2.000 344 DVNEEAKIFI 2.000 598MVEGFKVTLM 1.500 29 TAATKAMMSI 1.200 39 NGDEDSAAAL 1.200 440 AIPLQKKSDI1.200 19 AWKSYLENPL 1.200 127 FPESSAIIPV 1.200 349 AKIFITVNCL 1.200 416QNRKKGKGQA 1.000 279 KVRSVVMVVF 1.000 525 YVRKETDDVF 1.000 493VLVKRMFRPM 1.000 165 EQRVVIFEQT 1.000 97 RVQVLKTVPV 1.000 568 KSKKGILVNM1.000 589 DTFILNMESM 1.000 489 EGGSVLVKRM 1.000 141 VVKAEDFTPV 1.000 143KAEDFTPVFM 0.900 521 RVLLYVRKET 0.750 153 APPVHYPRGD 0.600 249GPMTYLNKGQ 0.600 457 DLHSQPVLFI 0.600 535 DALMLKSPTV 0.600 130SSAIIPVSGI 0.600 4 DPPFNTRRAY 0.600 132 AIIPVSGITV 0.600 471 FANLQRTGQV0.600 550 AISEKYGLPV 0.600 177 DVPSLATHSA 0.500 468 DVHFANLQRT 0.500 600EGFKVTLMEI 0.400 564 KLYKKSKKGI 0.400 309 HTAKQRVLDI 0.400 54 YYKVPRDKRL0.400 584 HYSNEDTFIL 0.400 255 NKGQFYAITL 0.400 366 KGVKGLPLMI 0.400 434SDGKLAAIPL 0.400 565 LYKKSKKGIL 0.400 371 LPLMIQIDTY 0.400 528KETDDVFDAL 0.400 325 FNTIGNIEEI 0.400 233 QYTLEATKSL 0.400 557LPVEKIAKLY 0.400 178 VPSLATHSAY 0.400 42 EDSAAALGLL 0.400 179 PSLATHSAYL0.400 432 SSSDGKLAAI 0.400 572 GILVNMDDNI 0.400 573 ILVNMDDNII 0.400 124SISFPESSAI 0.400 55 YKVPRDKRLL 0.400 253 YLNKGQFYAI 0.400 548 MEAISEKYGL0.400 116 ENSKREQYSI 0.400 125 ISFPESSAII 0.400 101 LKTVPVNLSL 0.400 271KCFRHPISKV 0.300 408 KIRDEERKQN 0.300 5 PPFNTRRAYT 0.300 586 SNEDTFILNM0.300 191 DQRSTPDSTY 0.300 392 RAYCQIKVFC 0.300 596 ESMVEGFKVT 0.300 1MPSDPPFNTR 0.300 310 TAKQRVLDAI 0.300 131 SAIIPVSGIT 0.300 91 LSGGENRVQV0.300 206 DAATEKFRSA 0.300 348 EAKIFITVNC 0.300 446 KSDITYFKTM 0.300 529ETDDVFDALM 0.300

TABLE XIX-V2 HLA-B7-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ DNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 2 SQESDNNKRL 1.200 15 VPMPSDPPFN1.200 8 NKRLVALVPM 1.000 5 SDNNKRLVAL 0.400 6 DNNKRLVALV 0.200 14LVPMPSDPPF 0.100 11 LVALVPMPSD 0.075 13 ALVPMPSDPP 0.045 4 ESDNNKRLVA0.045 12 VALVPMPSDP 0.030 10 RLVALVPMPS 0.020 3 QESDNNKRLV 0.020 16PMPSDPPFNT 0.015 7 NNKRLVALVP 0.010 1 MSQESDNNKR 0.010 9 KRLVALVFMP0.001

TABLE XIX-V4 HLA-B7-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 2 TAATKAMMII 1.200 1 LTAATKAMMI 0.4003 AATKAMMIIN 0.180 9 MIINGDEDSA 0.100 10 IINGDEDSAA 0.100 6 KAMMIINGDF0.090 7 AMMIINGDED 0.090 4 ATKAMMIING 0.030 8 MMIINGDEDS 0.020 5TKAMMIINGD 0.001

TABLE XIX-V5 HLA-B7-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 4 KIRDEEQKQN 0.200 1 AERKIRDEEQ 0.0309 EQKQNRKKGK 0.010 8 EEQKQNRKKG 0.002 2 ERKIRDEEQK 0.001 10 QKQNRKKGKG0.001 3 RKIRDEEQKQ 0.001 7 DEEQKQNRKK 0.000 6 RDEEQKQNRK 0.000 5IRDEEQKQNR 0.000

TABLE XIX-V5&6 HLA-B7-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 3 EQKQNRKNGK 0.010 2 EEQKQNRKNG 0.0024 QKQNRKNGKG 0.001 1 DEEQKQNRKN 0.001

TABLE XIX-V6 HLA-B7-10mrs-202P545 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 5 QNRKNGKGQA 1.000 8 KNGKGQASQT 0.1001 EERKQNRKNG 0.015 4 KQNRKNGKGQ 0.015 6 NRKNGKGQAS 0.002 7 RKNGKGQASQ0.001 2 ERKQNRKNGK 0.001 3 RKQNRKINGKG 0.001

TABLE XIX-V8 HLA-B7-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 1 ALMLKSPTVM 9.000 3 MLKSPTVMGL 4.0006 SPTVMGLMEA 2.000 8 TVMGLMEAIS 0.300 4 LKSPTVMGLM 0.100 7 PTVMGLMEAI0.040 2 LMLKSPTVMG 0.015 10 MGLMEAISEK 0.010 9 VMGLMEAISE 0.010 5KSPTVMGLME 0.010

TABLE XX-V1 HLA-B3501-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 557 LPVEKIAKL 40.000 292 KNRDEQLKY36.000 277 ISKVRSVVM 30.000 540 KSPTVKGLM 20.000 585 YSNEDTFIL 15.000243 RQKQGEGPM 12.000 57 VPRDKRLLS 12.000 215 ASVGAEEYM 10.000 117NSKREQYSI 9.000 245 KQGEGPMTY 8.000 441 IPLQKKSDI 8.000 214 SASVGAEEY6.000 46 AALGLLYDY 6.000 443 LQKKSDITY 6.000 466 IPDVHFANL 6.000 386SNKPIHRAY 6.000 392 RAYCQIKVF 8.000 474 LQRTGQVYY 8.000 494 LVKRMFRPM6.000 44 SAAALGLLY 6.000 43 DSAAALGLL 5.000 491 GSVLVKRMF 5.000 228SSGTFQYTL 5.000 363 SSQKGVKGL 5.000 549 EAISEKYGL 4.500 148 TPVFMAPPV4.000 134 IPVSGITVV 4.000 5 PPFNTRRAY 4.000 1 MPSDPPFNT 4.000 366KGVKGLPLM 4.000 275 HPISKVRSV 4.000 461 QPVLFIPDV 4.000 143 KAEDFTPVF3.600 310 TAKQRVLDI 3.600 216 SVGAEEYMY 3.000 56 KVPRDKRLL 3.000 374MIQIDTYSY 3.000 344 DVNEEAKIF 3.000 100 VLKTVPVNL 3.000 125 ISFPESSAI3.000 328 IGNIEEIAY 3.000 435 DGKLAAIPL 3.000 568 KSKKGILVN 3.000 168VVIFEQTQY 3.000 226 QTSSGTFQY 2.000 490 GGSVLVKRM 2.000 350 KIFITVNCL2.000 371 LPLMIQIDT 2.000 4 DPPFNTRRA 2.000 26 NPLTAATKA 2.000 234YTLEATKSL 2.000 506 FGPVPSKQM 2.000 323 ESFNTIGNI 2.000 178 VPSLATHSA2.000 28 LTAATKAMM 2.000 83 GTSEAQSNL 2.000 256 KGQFYAITL 2.000 517EGTKRVLLY 2.000 47 ALGLLYDYY 2.000 317 DIADYKESF 2.000 473 NLQRTGQVY2.000 102 KTVPVNLSL 2.000 596 ESMVEGFKV 1.500 193 RSTPDSTYS 1.500 173QTQYDVPSL 1.500 21 KSYLENPLT 1.500 254 LNKGQFYAI 1.200 30 AATKAMMSI1.200 269 DNKCFRHPI 1.200 500 RPMEEEFGP 1.200 367 GVKGLPLMI 1.200 455MPDLHSQPV 1.200 279 KVRSVVMVV 1.200 543 TVKGLMEAI 1.200 131 SAIIPVSGI1.200 333 EIAYNAVSF 1.000 385 RSNKPIHRA 1.000 107 NLSLNQDHL 1.000 354TVNCLSTDF 1.000 430 CNSSSDGKL 1.000 251 MTYLNKGQF 1.000 281 RSVVMVVFS1.000 179 PSLATHSAY 1.000 457 DLHSQPVLF 1.000 139 ITVVKAEDF 1.000 180SLATHSAYL 1.000 432 SSSDGKLAA 1.000 463 VLFIPDVHF 1.000 187 YLKDDQRST0.900 348 EAKIFITVN 0.900 525 YVRKETDDV 0.900 158 YPRGDGEEQ 0.900 369KGLPLMIQI 0.800 431 NSSSDGKLA 0.750 486 DEREGGSVL 0.600 547 LMEAISEKY0.600 207 AATEKFRSA 0.600 529 ETDDVFDAL 0.600 195 TPDSTYSES 0.600 526VRKETDDVF 0.600

TABLE XX-V2 HLA-B3501-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 15 VPMPSDPPF 20.000 6 DNNKRLVAL1.000 7 NNKRLVALV 0.600 9 KRLVALYPM 0.400 4 ESDNNKRLV 0.300 3 QESDNNKRL0.200 11 LVALVPMPS 0.100 1 MSQESDNNK 0.100 12 VALVPMPSD 0.030 10RLVALVPMP 0.020 16 PMPSDPPFN 0.015 5 SDNNKRLVA 0.010 14 LVPMFSDPP 0.01013 ALVPMPSDP 0.010 2 SQESEDNNR 0.004 8 NKRLVALVP 0.003

TABLE XX V4-HLA-B3501-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 1 TAATKAMMI 1.200 2 AATKAMMII 1.2003 ATKAMMIIN 0.300 9 IINGDEDSA 0.150 8 MIINGDEDS 0.100 5 KAMMIINGD 0.0606 AMMIINGDE 0.010 7 MMIINGDED 0.010 4 TKAMMIING 0.001

TABLE XX V5-HLA-B3501-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 3 KIRDEEQKQ 0.180 8 EQKQNRKKG 0.0304 IRDEEQKQN 0.009 1 ERKIRDEEQ 0.003 2 RKIRDEEQK 0.003 5 RDEEQKQNR 0.0019 QKQNRKKGK 0.001 7 EEQKQNRKK 0.001 6 DEEQKQNRK 0.000

TABLE XX V5 & 6-HLA-B3501-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 2 EQKQNRKNG 0.030 1 EEQKQNRKN 0.0103 QKQNRKNGK 0.001

TABLE XX V6-HLA-B3501-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 9 NGKGQASQT 0.300 5 QNRKNGKGQ 0.0306 NRKNGKGQA 0.030 1 EERKQNRKN 0.030 7 RKNGKGQAS 0.020 8 KNGKGQASQ 0.0204 KQNRKNGKG 0.020 2 ERKQNRKNG 0.003 3 RKQNRKNGK 0.002

TABLE XX V8-HLA-B3501-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Start Subsequence Score 4 KSPTVMGLM 20.000 1 LMLKSPTVM 2.0007 TVMGLMEAI 0.400 5 SPTVMGLME 0.200 3 LKSPTVMGL 0.100 8 VMGLMEAIS 0.1002 MLKSPTVMG 0.030 9 MGLMEAISE 0.015 6 PTVMGLMEA 0.010

TABLE XXI V1-HLA-B3501-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 557 LPVEKIAKLY 80.000 568 KSKKGILVNM60.000 178 VPSLATHSAY 40.000 4 DPPFNTRRAY 40.000 371 LPLMIQIDTY 40.00026 NPLTAATKAM 40.000 57 VPRDKRLLSV 24.000 500 RPMEEEFGPV 24.000 213RSASVGAEEY 20.000 385 RSNKPIHRAY 20.000 312 KQRVLDIADY 18.000 388KPIHRAYCQI 16.000 215 ASVGAEEYMY 15.000 43 DSAAALGLLY 10.000 143KAEDFTPVFM 7.200 45 AAALGLLYDY 6.000 292 KNRDEQLKYW 6.000 455 MPDLHSQPVL6.000 46 AALGLLYDYY 6.000 214 SASVGAEEYM 6.000 279 KVRSVVMVVF 6.000 14TSEDEAWKSY 6.000 195 TPDSTYSESF 6.000 167 RVVIFEQTQY 6.000 446KSDITYFKTM 6.000 191 DQRSTPDSTY 6.000 227 TSSGTFQYTL 5.000 362FSSQKGVKGL 6.000 11 RAYTSEDEAW 4.500 443 LQKKSDITYF 4.500 432 SSSDGKLAAI4.000 275 KPISKVRSVV 4.000 245 KQGEGPMTYL 4.000 546 GLMEAISEKY 4.000 538MLKSPTVKGL 3.000 373 LMIQIDTYSY 3.000 364 SQKGVKGLPL 3.000 277ISKVRSVVMV 3.000 525 YVRKETDDVF 3.000 327 TIGNIEEIAY 3.000 264LSETGDNKCF 2.250 497 RMFRPMEEEF 2.000 307 RQHTAKQRVL 2.000 593LNMESMVEGF 2.000 541 SPTVKGLMEA 2.000 473 NLQRTGQVYY 2.000 465FIPDVHFANL 2.000 441 IPLQKKSDIT 2.000 589 DTFILNMESM 2.000 472ANLQRTGQVY 2.000 597 SMVEGFKVTL 2.000 251 MTYLNKGQFY 2.000 92 SGGENRVQVL2.000 489 EGGSVLVKRM 2.000 225 DQTSSGTFQY 2.000 130 SSAIIPVSGI 2.000 125ISFPESSAII 2.000 493 VLVKRMFRPM 2.000 408 KIRDEERKQN 1.800 172EQTQYDVPSL 1.500 117 NSKREQYSIS 1.500 334 IAYNAVSFTW 1.500 529ETDDVFDALM 1.200 29 TAATKAMMSI 1.200 513 QMKEEGTKRV 1.200 586 SNEDTFILNM1.200 576 NMDDNIIEHY 1.200 127 FPESSAIIPV 1.200 82 LGTSEAQSNL 1.000 106VNLSLNQDHL 1.000 490 GGSVLVKRMF 1.000 429 QCNSSSDGKL 1.000 353ITVNCLSTDF 1.000 21 KSYLENPLTA 1.000 91 LSGGENRVQV 1.000 449 ITYFKTMPDL1.000 556 GLPVEKIAKL 1.000 685 YSNEDTFILN 1.000 138 GITVVKAEDF 1.000 71DSQEDQEKRN 1.000 99 QVLKTVPVNL 1.000 141 VVKAEDFTPV 0.900 243 RQKQGEGPMT0.900 310 TAKQRVLDIA 0.900 348 EAKIFITVNC 0.900 366 KGVKGLPLMI 0.800 564KLYKKSKKGI 0.800 344 KVNEEAKIFI 0.800 108 LSLNQDHLEN 0.750 36 MSINGDEDSA0.750 598 MVEGFKVTLM 0.600 116 ENSKREQYSI 0.600 124 SISFPESSAI 0.600 392RAYCQIKVFC 0.600 114 HLENSKREQY 0.600 95 ENRVQVLKTV 0.600 203 SFKDAATEKF0.600 207 AATEKFRSAS 0.600 158 YPRGDGEEQR 0.600 118 SKREQYSISF 0.600

TABLE XXI V2-HLA-B3501-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 15 VPMPSDPPFN 3.000 14 LVPMPSDPPF1.000 8 NKRLVALVPM 0.600 2 SQESDNNKRL 0.300 6 DNNKRLVALV 0.200 10RLVALVPMPS 0.200 4 ESDNNKRLVA 0.150 1 MSQESDNNKR 0.150 5 SDNNKRLVAL0.100 3 QESDNNKRLV 0.040 12 VALVPMPSDP 0.030 7 NNKRLVALVP 0.030 13ALVPMPSDPP 0.010 11 LVALVPMPSD 0.010 16 PMPSDPPFNT 0.010 9 KRLVALVPMP0.002

TABLE XXI V4-HLA-B3501-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 2 TAATKAMMII 1.200 1 LTAATKAMMI 0.4003 AATKAMMIIN 0.300 9 MIINGDEDSA 0.150 10 IINGDEDSAA 0.150 8 MMIINGDEDS0.100 6 KAMMIINGDE 0.060 4 ATKAMMIING 0.030 7 AMMIINGDED 0.010 5TKAMMIINGD 0.001

TABLE XXI V5-HLA-B3501-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 4 KIRDEEQKQN 1.800 9 EQKQNRKKGK 0.0302 ERKIRDEEQK 0.005 1 AERKIRDEEQ 0.003 3 RKIRDEEQKQ 0.003 6 RDEEQKQNRK0.001 8 EEQKQNRKKG 0.001 10 QKQNRKKGKG 0.001 5 IRDEEQKQNR 0.001 7DEEQKQNRKK 0.000

TABLE XXI V5 & 6-HLA-B3501-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Start Subsequence Score 3 EQKQNRKNGK 0.030 1DEEQKQNRKN 0.003 4 QKQNRKNGKG 0.001 2 EEQKQNRKNG 0.001

TABLE XXI-V6 HLA-B3501-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 5 QNRKNGKGQA 0.300 8 KNGKGQASQT 0.2006 NRKNGKGQAS 0.030 4 KQNRKNGKGQ 0.020 1 EERKQNRKNG 0.003 2 ERKQNRKNGK0.003 7 RKNGKGQASQ 0.002 3 RKQNRKNGKG 0.002

TABLE XXI-V8 HLA-B3501-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Start Subsequence Score 3 MLKSPTVMGL 3.000 1 ALMLKSPTVM 2.0006 SPTVMGLMEA 2.000 4 LKSPTVMGLM 0.200 8 TVMGLMEAIS 0.100 5 KSPTVMGLME0.100 7 PTVMGLMEAI 0.040 9 VMGLMEAISE 0.015 10 MGLMEAISEK 0.010 2LMLKSPTVMG 0.010

TABLE XXII-V1 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 15 SEDEAWKSY 27 547 LMEAISEKY 27 558PVEKIAKLY 27 44 SAAALGLLY 26 577 MDDNIIEHY 25 517 EGTKRVLLY 24 226QTSSGTFQY 23 292 KNRDEQLKY 23 2 PSDPPFNTR 22 551 ISEKYGLPV 22 386SNKPIHRAY 21 529 ETDDVFDAL 21 586 SNEDTFILN 21 359 STDFSSQKG 20 102KTVPVNLSL 19 179 PSLATHSAY 19 214 SASVGAEEY 19 328 IGNIEEIAY 19 443LQKKSDITY 19 533 VFDALMLKS 19 84 TSEAQSNLS 18 208 ATEKFRSAS 18 216SVGAEEYMY 18 264 LSETGDNKC 18 372 PLMIQIDTY 18 473 NLQRTGQVY 18 46AALGLLYDY 17 47 ALGLLYDYY 17 69 ASDSQEDQE 17 150 VFMAPPVHY 17 175QYDVPSLAT 17 245 KQGEGPMTY 17 295 DEQLKYWKY 17 433 SSDGKLAAI 17 474LQRTGQVYY 17 483 NTDDEREGG 17 5 PPFNTRRAY 16 14 TSEDEAWKS 16 58PRDKRLLSV 16 115 LENSKREQY 16 168 VVIFEQTQY 16 192 QRSTPDSTY 16 200YSESFKDAA 16 252 TYLNKGQFY 16 288 FSEDKNRDE 16 446 KSDITYFKT 16 487NEDTFILNM 16 119 KREQYSISF 15 127 FPESSAIIP 15 182 ATHSAYLKD 15 313QRVLDIADY 15 345 VNEEAKIFI 15 374 MIQIDTYSY 15 487 EREGGSVLV 15 23YLENPLTAA 14 72 SQEDQEKRN 14 162 DGEEQRVVI 14 315 VLDIADYKE 14 432SSSDGKLAA 14 518 GTKRVLLYV 14 576 NMDDNIIEH 14 75 DQEKRNCLG 13 188LKDDQRSTP 13 204 FKDAATEKF 13 230 GTFQYTLEA 13 235 TLEATKSLR 13 289SEDKNRDEQ 13 321 YKESFNTIG 13 400 FCDKGAERK 13 466 IPDVHFANL 13 501PMEEEFGPV 13 568 KSKKGILVN 13

TABLE XXII-V2 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 4 ESDNNKRLV 16 2 SQESDNNKR 15 5SDNNKRLVA 10 8 NKRLVALVP 9

TABLE XXII-V4 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 ATKAMMIIIN 11

TABLE XXII-V5 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 YLENPLTAA 14 19 DEDSAAALG 12 9ATKAMMIIN 11 17 NGDEDSAAA 10 18 GDEDSAAAL 10 6 LTAATKAMM 7 20 EDSAAALGL5 21 DSAAALGLL 6

TABLE XXII-V5&6 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EEQKQNRKN 5

TABLE XXII-V6 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EERKQNRKN 5 4 KQNRKNGKG 3 9 NGKGQASQT3 6 NRKNGKGQA 2 7 RKNGKGQAS 2 8 KNGKGQASQ 2

TABLE XXII-V8 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 5 SPTVMGLME 10 4 KSPTVMGLM 8 6 PTVMGLMEA8 3 LKSPTVMGL 5 9 MGLMEAISE 4

TABLE XXII-V1 HLA-A1-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 536 ALMLKSPTV 27 180 SLATHSAYL 26 49GLLYDYYKV 25 90 NLSGGENRV 25 350 KIFITVNCL 25 234 YTLEATKSL 23 557LPVEKIAKL 23 100 VLKTVPVNL 22 131 SAIIPVSGI 22 133 IIPVSGITV 22 326NTIGNIEEI 22 23 YLENPLTAA 21 591 FILNMESMV 21 102 KTVPVNLSL 20 107NLSLNQDHL 20 173 QTQYDVPSL 20 433 SSDGKLAAI 20 546 GLMEAISEK 20 573ILVNMDDNI 20 598 MVEGFKVTL 20 37 SINGDEDSA 19 151 FMAPPVHYP 19 253YLNKGQFYA 19 275 HPISDVRSV 19 279 KVRSVVMVV 19 518 GTKRVLLYV 19 132AIIPVSGIT 18 134 IPVSGITVV 18 187 YLKDDQRST 18 278 SDVRSVVMV 18 363SSQKGVKGL 18 525 YVRKETDDV 18 539 LKSPTVKGL 18 83 GTSEAQSNL 17 272CFRHPISKV 17 337 NAVSFTWDV 17 522 VLLYVRKET 17 585 YSNEDTFIL 17 597SMVEGFKVT 17 46 AALGLLYDY 16 63 LLSVSKASD 16 92 SGGENRVQV 16 96VQVLKTVPV 16 109 SLNQDHLEN 16 124 SISFPESSA 16 222 YMYDQTSSG 16 228SSGTFQYTL 16 230 GTFQYTLEA 16 310 TAKQRVLDI 16 367 GVKGLPLMI 16 458LHSQPVLFI 16 461 QPVLFIPDV 16 472 ANLQRTGQV 16 501 PMEEEFGPV 16 538MLKSPTVKG 16 554 KYGLPVEKI 16 574 LVNMDDNII 16 24 LENPLTAAT 15 30AATKAMMSI 15 43 DSAAALGLL 15 45 AAALGLLYD 15 56 KVPRDKRLL 15 96NRVQVLKTV 15 142 VKAEDFTPV 15 241 SLRQKQGEG 15 276 PISKVRSVV 15 334IAYNAVSFT 15 352 FITVNCLST 15 370 GLPLMIQID 15 438 LAAIPLQKK 15 453KTMPDLHSQ 15 463 VLFIPDVHF 15 464 LFIPDVHFA 15 523 LLYVRKETD 15 543TVKGLMEAI 15 549 EAISEKYGL 15

TABLE XXIII-V2 HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 6 DNNKRLVAL 17 7 NNKRLVALV 16 10RLVALVPMP 16 13 ALVPMPSDP 14 9 KRLVALVPM 31 12 VALVPMPSD 11 3 QESDNNKRL10 5 SDNNKRLVA 9 11 LVALVPMPS 8

TABLE XXIII-V4 A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the lenght of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. 1 Pos 123456789 score 9 IINGDEDSA 19 1 TAATKAMMI 15 2AATKAMMII 13 5 KAMMIINGD 12 7 MMIINGDED 12 8 MIINGDEDS 12 6 AMMIINGDE 11

TABLE XXIII-V5 A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the lenght of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. 1 Pos 123456789 score 3 KIRDEEQKQ

TABLE XXIII-V5&6 A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the lenght of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. 1 Pos 123456789 score 3 AKANRKNGK 2

TABLE XXIII-V6 HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the lenght of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. 1 Pos 123456789 score 8 KNGKGQASQ 7 4 KQNRKNGKG 5 6NRKNGKGQA 5 7 RKNGKGQAS 5 9 NGKGQASQT 5

TABLE XXIII-V8 HLA-A0201-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 LKSPTVMGL 19 7 TVMGLMEAI 17 1LMLKSPTVM 16 2 MLKSPTVMG 14 6 PTVMGLMEA 13 8 VMGLMEAIS 11

TABLE XXIV-V1 HLA-A0203-9mers-202P5A5 Pos 123456789 score No ResultsFound

TABLE XXIV-V2 HLA-A0203-9mers-202P5A5 Pos 123456789 score No ResultsFound

TABLE XXIV-V3 HLA-A0203-9mers-202P5A5 Pos 123456789 score No ResultsFound

TABLE XXIV-V4 HLA-A0203-9mers-202P5A5 Pos 123456789 score No ResultsFound

TABLE XXIV-V5 HLA-A0203-9mers-202P5A5 Pos 123456789 score No resultsfound

TABLE XXIV-V5&6 HLA_A0203-9mers-202P5A5 Pos 123456789 score No resultsfound

TABLE XXIV-V6 HLA-A0203-9mers-202P5A5 Pos 123456789 score No resultsfound

TABLE XXIV-V8 HLA-A0203-9mers-202P5A5 Pos 123456789 score No resultsfound

TABLE XXV-V1 HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 437 KLAAIPLQK 33 135 PVSGITVVK 30 314RVLDIADYK 30 473 NLQRTGQVY 26 263 TLSETGDNK 24 546 GLMEAISEK 24 168VVIFEQTQY 23 488 REGGSVLVK 23 279 KVRSVVMVV 22 333 EIAYNAVSF 22 532DVFDALMLK 22 25 ENPLTAATK 21 232 FQYTLEATK 21 372 PLMIQIDTY 21 462PVLFIPDVH 21 553 EKYGLPVEK 21 556 GLPVEKIAK 21 47 ALGLLYDYY 20 60DKRLLSVSK 20 218 SVGAEEYMY 20 407 RKIRDEERK 20 468 DVHFANLQR 20 492SVLVKRMFR 20 523 LLYVRKETD 20 598 MVEGFKVTL 20 50 LLYDYYKVP 19 97RVQVLKTVP 19 132 AIIPVSGIT 19 149 PVEMAPPVH 19 167 RVVIFEQTQ 19 235TLEATKSLR 19 271 KCFRHPISK 19 380 YSYNNRSNK 19 457 DLHSQPVLF 19 463VLFIPDVHF 19 536 ALMLKSPTV 19 558 PVEKIAKLY 19 563 AKLYKKSKK 19 62RLLSVSKAS 18 94 GENRVQVLK 18 99 QVLKTVPVN 18 245 KQGEGPMTY 18 297QLKYWKYWH 18 344 DVNEEAKIF 18 367 GVKGLPLMI 18 512 KQMKEEGTK 18 520KRVLLYVRK 18 537 LMLKSPTVK 18 564 KLYKKSKKG 18 100 VLKTVPVNL 17 133IIPVSGITV 17 141 VVKAEDRTP 17 203 SFKDAATEK 17 276 PISKVRSVV 17 338AVSFTWDVN 17 358 LSTDFSSQK 17 374 MIQIDTYSY 17 390 IHRAYCQIK 17 414RKQNRKKGK 17 521 RVLLYVRKE 17 592 ILNMESMVE 17 44 SAAALGLLY 16 53DYYKVPRDK 16 56 KVPRDKRLL 16 81 CLGTSEAQS 16 241 SLRQKQGEG 16 292KNRDEQLKY 16 317 DIADYKESF 16 392 RAYCQIKVF 16 479 QVYYNTDDE 16 486DEREGGSVL 16 560 EKIAKLYKK 16 562 IAKLYKKSK 16

TABLE XXV-V2 HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos. 123456789 score 13 ALVPMPSDP 20 10 RLVALVPMP 17 8NKRLVALVP 15 11 LVALVPMPS 15 1 MSQESDNNK 11 5 SDNNKRLVA 11 14 LVPMPSDPP10 9 KRLVALVPM 9

TABLE XXV-V4 HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 8 MIINGDEDS 14 9 IINGDEDSA 14 1TAATKAMMI 7 7 MMIINGDED 7 3 ATKAMMIIN 6

TABLE XXV-V5 HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 ENPLTAATK 21 14 MIINGDEDS 14 15IINGDEDSA 14 1 YLENPLTAA 13 5 PLTAATKAM 13

TABLE XXV-V5&6 HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight Pos 123456789 score 3 QKQNRKNGK 15

TABLE XXV-V8 HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight Pos 123456789 score 3 RKQNRKNGK 17 9 NGKGQASQT 12 7 RKNGKGQAS11 8 KNGKGQASQ 10 4 KQNRKNGKG 8 5 QNRKNGKGQ 8 6 NRKNGKGQA 8

TABLE XXV V8-HLA-A3-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 MLKSPTVMG 16 7 TVMGLMEAI 13 1LMLKSPTVM 8 5 SPTVMGLME 8 9 MGLMEAISE 7

TABLE XXVI V1-HLA-A26-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 344 DVNEEAKIF 28 529 ETDDVFDAL 28 532DVFDALMLK 27 517 EGTKRVLLY 26 168 VVIFEQTQY 25 333 EIAYNAVSF 24 102KTVPVNLSL 23 549 EAISEKYGL 23 216 SVGAEEYMY 22 317 DIADYKESF 22 531DDVFDALML 22 558 PVEKIAKLY 22 43 DSAAALGLL 21 74 EDQEKRNCL 21 139ITVVKAEDF 21 173 QTQYDVPSL 21 583 EHYSNEDTF 21 589 DTFILNMES 21 177DVPSLATHS 20 226 QTSSGTFQY 20 266 ETGDNKCFR 20 282 SVVMVVFSE 20 295DEQLKYWKY 20 350 KIFITVNCL 20 354 TVNCLSTDF 20 468 DVHFANLQR 20 486DEREGGSVL 20 557 LPVEKIAKL 20 560 EKIAKLYKK 20 16 EDEAWKSYL 19 42EDSAAALGL 19 83 GTSEAQSNL 19 145 EDFTPVFMA 19 234 YTLEATKSL 19 251MTYLNKGQF 19 290 EDKNRDEQL 19 323 ESFNTIGNI 19 504 EEFGPVPSK 19 516EEGTKRVLL 19 598 MVEGFKVTL 19 56 KVPRDKRLL 18 313 QRVLDIADY 18 353ITVNCLSTD 18 588 EDTFILNME 18 86 EAQSNLSGG 17 103 TVPVNLSLN 17 326NTIGNIEEI 17 378 DTYSYNNRS 17 435 DGKLAAIPL 17 457 DLHSQPVLF 17 77EKRNCLGTS 16 95 ENRVQVLKT 16 129 ESSAIIPVS 16 237 EATKSLRQK 16 398KVFCDKGAE 16 489 EGGSVLVKR 16 542 PTVKGLMEA 16 577 MDDNIIEHY 16 600EGFKVTLME 16 5 PPFNTRRAY 15 46 AALGLLYDY 15 105 PVNLSLNQD 15 140TVVKAEDFT 15 164 EEQRVVIFE 15 167 RVVIFEQTQ 15 202 ESFKDAATE 15 210EKFRSASVG 15 279 KVRSVVMVV 15 285 MVVFSEDKN 15 286 VVFSEDKNR 15 372PLMIQIDTY 15 374 MIQIDTYSY 15 386 SNKPIHRAY 15 521 RVLLYVRKE 15 15SEDEAWKSY 14 44 SAAALGLLY 14 99 QVLKTVPVN 14 149 PVFMAPPVH 14 165EQRVVIFEQ 14 332 EEIAYNAVS 14 347 EEAKIFITV 14 348 EAKIFITVN 14 448DITYFKTMP 14 453 KTMPDLHSQ 14 55 YKVPRDKRL 13 115 LENSKREQY 13 121ECYSISFPE 13 230 GTFQYTLEA 13 245 KQGEGPMTY 13 252 TYLNKGQFY 13 292KNRDEQLKY 13 314 RVLDIADYK 13 363 SSQKGVKGL 13 367 GVKGLPLMI 13 444QKKSDITYF 13 450 TYFKTMPDL 13 491 GSVLVKRMF 13 505 EFGPVPSKQ 13 508PVPSKQMKE 13 518 GTKRVLLYV 13 539 LKSPTVKGL 13 543 TVKGLMEAI 13 547LMEAISEKY 13 579 DNIIEHYSN 13 594 NMESMVEGF 13

TABLE XXVI V2-HLA-A26-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 6 DNNKRLVAL 21 4 ESDNNKRLV 11 3QESDNNKRL 10 10 RLVALVPMP 10 11 LVALVPMPS 10 14 LVPMPSDPP 10

TABLE XXVI-V4 HLA-A26-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 ATKAMMIIN 9 6 MIINGDEDS 8 4 TKAMMIING8 5 KAMMIINGD 6 7 MMIINGDED 6 9 IINGDEDSA 5

TABLE XXVI V5-HLA-A26-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 21 DSAAALGLL 21 20 EDSAAALGL 19 3ENPLTAATK 11 18 GDEDSAAAL 10

TABLE XXVI V5 & 6-HLA-A26-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EEQKQNRKN 11 2 EQKQNRKNG 11

TABLE XXVI V6-HLA-A26-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EERKQNRKN 11 2 ERKQNRKNG 11

TABLE XXVI V8-HLA-A26-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 6 PTVMGLMEA 16 3 LKSPTVMGL 13 7TVMGLMEAI 13

TABLE XXVII V1-HLA-B0702-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 466 IPDVHFANL 24 1 MPSDPPFNT 21 557LPVEKIAKL 21 134 IPVSGITVV 19 178 VPSLATHSA 19 148 TPVFMAPPV 18 455MPDLHSQPV 18 4 DPPFNTRRA 17 26 NPLTAATKA 17 275 HPISKVRSV 17 441IPLQKKSDI 17 461 QPVLFIPDV 17 42 EDSAAALGL 16 246 QGEGPMTYL 16 371LPLMIQIDT 16 57 VPRDKRLLS 15 158 YPRGDGEEQ 15 365 QKGVKGLPL 15 458LHSQPVLFI 15 516 EEGTKRVLL 15 102 KTVPVNLSL 14 486 DEREGGSVL 14 515KEEGTKRVL 14 529 ETDDVFDAL 14 539 LKSPTVKGL 14 598 MVEGFKVTL 14 20WKSYLENPL 13 153 APPVHYPRG 13 175 QYDVPSLAT 13 509 VPSKQMKEE 13 541SPTVKGLME 13 5 PPFNTRRAY 12 16 EDEAWKSYL 12 40 GDEDSAAAL 12 43 DSAAALGLL12 74 EDQEKRNCL 12 83 GTSEAQSNL 12 93 GGENRVQVL 12 95 ENRVQVLKT 12 100VLKTVPVNL 12 104 VPVNLSLNQ 12 107 NLSLNQDHL 12 144 AEDFTPVFM 12 173QTQYDVPSL 12 180 SLATHSAYL 12 308 QHTAKQRVL 12 350 KIFITVNCL 12 363SSQKGVKGL 12 430 CNSSSDGKL 12 450 TYFKTMPDL 12 456 PDLHSQPVL 12 500RPMEEEFGP 12 531 DDVFDALML 12 551 ISEKYGLPV 12 554 KYGLPVEKI 12 23YLENPLTAA 11 55 YKVPRDKRL 11 56 KVPRDKRLL 11 124 SISFPESSA 11 145EDFTPVFMA 11 195 TPDSTYSES 11 211 KFRSASVGA 11 227 TSSGTFQYT 11 228SSGTFQYTL 11 234 YTLEATKSL 11 249 GPMTYLNKG 11 256 KGQFYAITL 11 272CFRHPISKV 11 276 PISKVRSVV 11 279 KVRSVVMVV 11 280 VRSVVMVVF 11 290EDKNRDEQL 11 385 RSNKPIHRA 11 388 KPIHRAYCQ 11 432 SSSDGKLAA 11 433SSDGKLAAI 11 435 DGKLAAIPL 11 463 VLFIPDVHF 11 487 EREGGSVLV 11 507GPVPSKQMK 11 549 EAISEKYGL 11 567 KKSKKGILV 11 585 YSNEDTFIL 11

TABLE XXVII V2-HLA-B0702-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 15 VPMPSDPPF 20 6 DNNKRLVAL 14 3QESDNNKRL 12 5 SDNNKRLVA 10 9 KRLVALVPM 10

TABLE XXVII V4-HLA-B0702-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 AATKAMMII 9 9 IINGDEDSA 9 1 TAATKAMMI7

TABLE XXVII V5-HLA-B0702-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 4 NPLTAATKA 17 20 EDSAAALGL 16 18GDEDSAAAL 12 21 DSAAALGLL 12 1 YLENPLTAA 11 2 LENPLTAAT 10 5 PLTAATKAM 96 LTAATKAMM 9 8 AATKAMMII 9 15 IINGDEDSA 9 16 INGDEDSAA 9 17 NGDEDSAAA 9

TABLE XXVII V5 & 6-HLA-B0702-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EEQKQNRKN 2 2 EQKQNRKNG 2

TABLE XXVII V6-HLA-B0702-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 9 NGKGQASQT 8 6 NRKNGKGQA 6 7 RKNGKGQAS5 1 EERKQNRKN 4 5 QNRKNGKGQ 4 8 KNGKGQASQ 4

TABLE XXVII V8-HLA-B0702-9mers-202P5A Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 LKSPTVMGL 14 5 SPTVMGLME 13 7TVMGLMEAI 10 1 LMLKSPTVM 9 4 KSPTVMGLM 7 2 MLKSPTVMG 6 6 PTVMGLMEA 6

TABLE XXVII V1-HLA-B08-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 290 EDKNRDEQL 30 566 YKKSKKGIL 30 310TAKQRVLDI 29 557 LPVEKIAKL 29 100 VLKTVPVNL 28 241 SLRQKQGEG 25 74EDQEKRNCL 24 57 VPRDKRLLS 23 441 IPLQKKSDI 23 516 EEGTKRVLL 23 277ISKVRSVVM 21 365 QKGVKGLPL 21 406 ERKIRDEER 21 418 RKKGKGQAS 21 435DGKLAAIPL 21 93 GGENRVQVL 20 308 QHTAKQRVL 20 55 YKVPRDKRL 19 433SSDGKLAAI 19 526 VRKETDDVF 19 541 SPTVKGLME 19 601 GFKVTLMEI 19 139ITVVKAEDF 18 180 SLATHSAYL 18 209 TEKFRSASV 18 275 HPISKVRSV 18 320OYKESFNTI 18 466 IPDVHFANL 18 486 DEREGGSVL 18 107 NLSLNQDHL 17 163GEEQRVVIF 17 185 SAYLKDDQR 17 254 LNKGQFYAI 17 297 QLKYWKYWH 17 348EAKIFITVN 17 367 GVKGLPLMI 17 416 QNRKKGKGQ 17 444 QKKSDITYF 17 536ALMLKSPTV 17 538 MLKSPTVKG 17 543 TVKGLMEAI 17 562 IAKLYKKSK 17 564KLYKKSKKG 17 565 LYKKSKKGI 17 117 NSKREQYSI 16 187 YLKDDQRST 16 207AATEKFRSA 16 269 DNKCFRHPI 16 318 IADYKESFN 16 401 CDKGAERKI 16 404GAERKIRDE 16 442 PLQKKSDIT 16 549 EAISEKYGL 16 550 AISEKYGLP 16 350KIFITVNCL 15 396 QIKVFCDKG 15 493 VLVKRMFRP 15 523 LLYVRKETD 15 29TAATKAMMS 14 333 EIAYNAVSF 14 363 SSQKGVKGL 14 388 KPIHRAYCQ 14 463VLFIPDVHF 14

TABLE XXVIII V2-HLA-B08-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 6 DNNKRLVAL 20 15 VPMPSDPPF 13 3QESDNNKRL 12 5 SDNNKRLVA 12 7 NNKRLVALV 11

TABLE XXVIII V4-HLA-B08-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 TAATKAMMI 20 2 AATKAMMII 10 3ATKAMMIIN 10

TABLE VIII V5-HLA-B08-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 7 TAATKAMMI 20 18 GDEDSAAAL 12 20EDSAAALGL 12 8 AATKAMMII 10 9 ATKAMMIIN 10 21 DSAAALGLL 10

TABLE XXVIII V5 & 6-HLA-B08-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 EQKQNRKNG 13 3 QKQNRKNGK 8

TABLE XXVIII V6-HLA-B08-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 ERKQNRKNG 13 4 KQNRKNGKG 11 7RKNGKGQAS 11 6 NRKNGKGQA 10 9 NGKGQASQT 10 1 EERKQNRKN 9 3 RKQNRKNGK 8 5QNRKNGKGQ 7

TABLE XXVIII V8-HLA-B08-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 MLKSPTVMG 17 3 LKSPTVMGL 11 5SPTVMGLME 9

TABLE XXIX V1-HLA-B1510-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 308 QHTAKQRVL 24 583 EHYSNEDTF 19 515KEEGTKRVL 17 598 MVEGFKVTL 16 55 YKVPRDKRL 15 93 GGENRVQVL 15 274RHPISKVRS 15 40 GDEDSAAAL 14 113 DHLENSKRE 14 246 QGEGPMTYL 14 450TYFKTMPDL 14 458 LHSQPVLFI 14 486 DEREGGSVL 14 516 EEGTKRVLL 14 539LKSPTVKGL 14 16 EDEAWKSYL 13 56 KVPRDKRLL 13 74 EDQEKRNCL 13 83GTSEAQSNL 13 100 VLKTVPVNL 13 277 ISKVRSVVM 13 280 VRSVVMVVF 13 363SSQKGVKGL 13 456 PDLHSQPVL 13 466 IPDVHFANL 13 469 VHFANLQRT 13 529ETDDVFDAL 13 42 EDSAAALGL 12 102 KTVPVNLSL 12 107 NLSLNQDHL 12 156VHYPRGDGE 12 163 GEEQRVVIF 12 173 QTQYDVPSL 12 183 THSAYLKDD 12 234YTLEATKSL 12 304 WHSRQHTAK 12 390 IHRAYCQIK 12 490 GGSVLVKRM 12 549EAISEKYGL 12 557 LPVEKIAKL 12 566 YKKSKKGIL 12 585 YSNEDTFIL 12 20WKSYLENPL 11 43 DSAAALGLL 11 143 KAEDFTPVF 11 180 SLATHSAYL 11 228SSGTFQYTL 11 256 KGQFYAITL 11 390 EDKNRDEQL 11 333 EIAYNAVSF 11 350KIFITVNCL 11 365 QKGVKGLPL 11 430 CNSSSDGKL 11

TABLE XXIX V2-HLA-B1510-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 QESDNNKRL 15 6 DNNKRLVAL 14 9KRLVALVPM 9 15 VPMPSDPPF 9

TABLE XXIX V4-HLA-B1510-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 4 TKAMMIING 3 9 IINGDEDSA 3 1 TAATKAMMI2 2 AATKAMMII 2 7 MMIINGDED 2 3 ATKAMMIIN 1 5 KAMMIINGD 1 8 MIINGDEDS 1

TABLE XXIX V5-HLA-B1510-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 6 DEEQKQNRK 4 7 EEQKQNRKK 4 8 EQKQNRKKG4 4 IRDEEQKQN 3 5 RDEEQKQNR 3 1 ERKIRDEEQ 2 3 KIRDEEQKQ 1 9 QKQNRKKGK 1

TABLE XXIX V5 & 6-HLA-B1510-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EEQKQNRKN 4 2 EQKQNRKNG 4

TABLE XXIX V6-HLA-B1510-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EERKQNRKN 4 2 ERKQNRKNG 4 5 QNRKNGKGQ2 6 NRKNGKGQA 2 7 RKNGKGQAS 2 8 KNGKGQASQ 2 3 RKQNRKNGK 1 9 NGKGQASQT 1

TABLE XXIX V8-HLA-B1510-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 LKSPTVMGL 14 1 LMLKSPTVM 10 4KSPTVMGLM 7

TABLE XXX V1-HLA-B2705-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 520 KRVLLYVRK 28 119 KREQYSISF 27 273FRHPISKVR 24 313 QRVLDIADY 24 159 PRGDGEEQR 23 280 VRSVVMVVF 23 526VRKETDDVF 23 192 QRSTPDSTY 22 306 SRQHTAKQR 22 384 NRSNKPIHR 22 406ERKIRDEER 22 61 KRLLSVSKA 20 392 RAYCQIKVF 20 488 REGGSVLVK 20 83GTSEAQSNL 19 294 RDEQLKYWK 19 504 EEFGPVPSK 19 546 GLMEAISEK 19 557LPVEKIAKL 19 102 KTVPVNLSL 18 314 RVLDIADYK 18 407 RKIRDEERK 18 410RDEERKQNR 18 537 LMLKSPTVK 18 563 AKLYKKSKK 18 94 GENRVQVLK 17 163GEEQRVVIF 17 271 KCFRHPISK 17 286 VVFSEDKNR 17 350 KIFITVNCL 17 366KGVKGLPLM 17 400 FCDKGAERK 17 456 PDLHSQPVL 17 491 GSVLVKRMF 17 507GPVPSKQMK 17 553 EKYGLPVEK 17 560 EKIAKLYKK 17 3 SDPPFNTRR 16 40GDEDSAAAL 16 46 AALGLLYDY 16 78 KRNCLGTSE 16 89 SNLSGGENR 16 96NRVQVLKTV 16 112 QDHLENSKR 16 168 VVIFEQTQY 16 185 SAYLKDDQR 16 243RQKQGEGPM 16 292 KNRDEQLKY 16 411 DEERKQNRK 16 417 NRKKGKGQA 16 450TYFKTMPDL 16 463 VLFIPDVHF 16 487 EREGGSVLV 16 512 KQMKEEGTK 16 513QMKEEGTKR 16 515 KEEGTKRVL 16 556 GLPVEKIAK 16 10 RRAYTSEDE 15 48LGLLYDYYK 15 53 DYYKVPRDK 15 55 YKVPRDKRL 15 58 PRDKRLLSV 15 60DKRLLSVSK 15 70 SDSQEDQEK 15 71 DSQEDQEKR 15 93 GGENRVQVL 15 135PVSGITVVK 15 232 FQYTLEATK 15 237 EATKSLRQK 15 245 KQGEGPMTY 15 246QGEGPMTYL 15 251 MTYLNKGQF 15 256 KGQFYAITL 15 299 KYWKYWHSR 15 363SSQKGVKGL 15 377 IDTYSYNNR 15 380 YSYNNRSNK 15 391 HRAYCQIKV 15 395CQIKVFCDK 15 412 EERKQNRKK 15 414 RKQNRKKGK 15 437 KLAAIPLQK 15 444QKKSDITYF 15 486 DEREGGSVL 15 489 EGGSVLVKR 15 490 GGSVLVKRM 15 532DVFDALMLK 15 549 EAISEKYGL 15 569 SKKGILVNM 15 598 MVEGFKVTL 15 2PSDPPFNTR 14 25 ENPLTAATK 14 100 VLKTVPVNL 14 125 ISFPESSAI 14 139ITVVKAEDF 14 143 KAEDFTPVF 14 176 VDVPSLATH 14 203 SFKDAATEK 14 228SSGTFQYTL 14 234 YTLEATKSL 14 308 QHTAKQRVL 14 323 ESFNTIGNI 14 326NTIGNIEEI 14 354 TVNCLSTDF 14 369 KGLPLMIQI 14 409 IRDEERKQN 14 413ERKQNRKKG 14 430 CNSSSDGKL 14 438 LAAIPLQKK 14 441 IPLQKKSDI 14 443LQKKSDITY 14 445 KKSDITYFK 14 466 IPDVHFANL 14 475 QRTGQVYYN 14 480VYYNTDDER 14 492 SVLVKRMFR 14 496 KRMFRPMEE 14 519 TKRVLLYVR 14 562IAKLYKKSK 14 587 NEDTFILNM 14 54 YYKVPRDKR 13 56 KVPRDKRLL 13 74EDQEKRNCL 13 107 NLSLNQDHL 13 111 NQDHLENSK 13 149 PVFMAPPVH 13 152MAPPVHYPR 13 166 QRVVIFEQT 13 173 QTQYDVPSL 13 181 LATHSAYLK 13 224YDQTSSGTF 13 248 EGPMTYLNK 13 263 TLSETGDNK 13 285 SETGDNKCF 13 295DEQLKYWKY 13 333 EIAYNAVSF 13 344 DVNEEAKIF 13 358 LSTDFSSQK 13 367GVKGLPLMI 13 399 VFCDKGAER 13 435 DGKLAAIPL 13 468 DVHFANLQR 13 474LQRTGQVYY 13 531 DDVFDALML 13 564 KYGLPVEKI 13 576 NMDDNIIEH 13 583EHYSNEDTF 13

TABLE XXX V2-HLA-B2705-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 9 KRLVALVPM 24 1 MSQESDNNK 16 2SQESDNNKR 14 6 DNNKRLVAL 14 15 VPMPSDPPF 14 3 QESDNNKRL 13

TABLE XXX V4-HLA-B2705-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 AATKAMMII 10 1 TAATKAMMI 9 5 KAMMIINGD7 4 TKAMMIING 6 8 MIINGDEDS 5 9 IINGDEDSA 4

TABLE XXX V5-HLA-B2705-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 5 RDEEQKQNR 18 6 DEEQKQNRK 18 2RKIRDEEQK 17 4 IRDEEQKQN 16 7 EEQKQNRKK 15 1 ERKIRDEEQ 12 9 QKQNRKKGK 11

TABLE XXX V5 & 6-HLA-B2705-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 QKQNRKNGK 12 1 EEQKQNRKN 5

TABLE XXX V6-HLA-B2705-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 RKQNRKNGK 16 2 ERKQNRKNG 14 6NRKNGKGQA 14 8 KNGKGQASQ 10 7 RKNGKGQAS 7

TABLE XXX V8-HLA-B2705-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 LMLKSPTVM 16 3 LKSPTVMGL 13 4KSPTVMGLM 11 7 TVMGLMEAI 9

TABLE XXXI V1-HLA-B2709-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 119 KREQYSISF 20 58 PRDKRLLSV 19 96NRVQVLKTV 19 280 VRSVVMVVF 19 487 EREGGSVLV 19 391 HRAYCQIKV 18 526VRKETDDVF 18 49 GLLYDYYKV 15 61 KRLLSVSKA 15 102 KTVPVNLSL 15 350KIFITVNCL 15 520 KRVLLYVRK 15 10 RRAYTSEDE 14 40 GDEDSAAAL 14 83GTSEAQSNL 14 93 GGENRVQVL 14 369 KGLPLMIQI 14 392 RAYCQIKVF 14 531DDVFDALML 14 55 YKVPRDKRL 13 56 KVPRDKRLL 13 160 RGDGEEQRV 13 163GEEQRVVIF 13 166 QRVVIFEQT 13 173 QTQYDVPSL 13 256 KGQFYAITL 13 307RQHTAKQRV 13 450 TYFKTMPDL 13 456 PDLHSQPVL 13 475 QRTGQVYYN 13 490GGSVLVKRM 13 548 EAISEKYGL 13 42 EDSAAALGL 12 78 KRNCLGTSE 12 100VLKTVPVNL 12 125 ESFPESSAI 12 234 YTLEATKSL 12 243 RQKQGEGPM 12 273FRHPISKVR 12 279 KVRSVVMVV 12 306 SRQHTAKQR 12 313 QRVLDIADY 12 366KGVKGLPLM 12 367 GVKGLPLMI 12 409 IRDEERKQN 12 466 IPDVHFANL 12 472ANLQRTGQV 12 491 GSVLVKRMF 12 496 KRMFRPMEE 12 515 KEEGTKRVL 12 518GTKRVLLYV 12 539 LKSPTVKGL 12 134 IPVSGITVV 11 139 ITVVKAEDF 11 143KAEDFTPVF 11 148 TPVFMAPPV 11 159 PRGDGEEQR 11 161 GDGEEQRVV 11 212FRSASVGAE 11 228 SSGTFQYTL 11 251 MTYLNKGQF 11 275 HPISKVRSV 11 278SKVRSVVMV 11 290 EDKNRDEQL 11 308 QHTAKQRVL 11 323 ESFNTIGNI 11 360TDFSSQKGV 11 363 SSQKGVKGL 11 365 QKGVKGLPL 11 417 NRKKGKGQA 11 430CNSSSDGKL 11 435 DGKLAAIPL 11 441 IPLQKKSDI 11 463 VLFIPDVHF 11 516EEGTKRVLL 11 554 KYGLPVEKI 11 567 LPVEKIAKL 11 566 YKKSKKGIL 11 569SKKGILVNM 11 573 ILVNMDDNI 11 583 EHYSNEDTF 11 585 YSNEDTFIL 11 598MVEGFKVTL 11 601 GFKVTLMEI 11 9 TRRAYTSED 10 16 EDEAWKSYL 10 20WKSYLENPL 10 30 AATKAMMSI 10 43 DSAAALGLL 10 74 EDQEKRNCL 10 92SGGENRVQV 10 98 VQVLKTVPV 10 107 NLSLNQDHL 10 131 SAIIPVSGI 10 144AEDFTPVFM 10 170 IFEQTQYDV 10 180 SLATHSAYL 10 192 QRSTPDSTY 10 215ASVGAEEYM 10 242 LRQKQGEGP 10 246 QGEGPMTYL 10 265 SETGDNKCF 10 277ISKVRSVVM 10 293 NRDEQLKYW 10 310 TAKQRVLDI 10 333 EIAYNAVSF 10 337NAVSFTWDV 10 384 NRSNKPIHR 10 406 ERKIRDEER 10 413 ERKQNRKKG 10 444QKKSDITYF 10 457 DLHSQPVLF 10 458 LHSQPVLFI 10 461 QPVLFIPDV 10 486DEREGGSVL 10 499 FRPMEEEFG 10 529 ETDDVFDAL 10 536 ALMLKSPTV 10 540KSPTVKGLM 10 551 ISEKYGLPV 10 567 KKSKKGILV 10 587 NEDTFILNM 10 591FILNMESMV 10 594 NMESMVEGF 10 27 PLTAATKAM 9 90 NLSGGENRV 9 117NSKREQYSI 9 128 PESSAIIPV 9 133 IIPVSGITV 9 142 VKAEDFTPV 9 162DGEEQRVVI 9 254 LNKGQFYAI 9 326 NTIGNIEEI 9 331 IEEIAYNAV 9 343WDVNEEAKI 9 344 DVNEEAKIF 9 347 EEAKIFITV 9 389 PIHRAYCQI 9 447SDITYFKTM 9 498 MFRPMEEEF 9 506 FGPVPSKQM 9 514 MKEEGTKRV 9 574LVNMDDNII 9 590 TFILNMESM 9 599 VEGFKVTLM 9

TABLE XXXI-V2 HLA-B2709-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 9 KRLVALVPM 23 3 QESDNNKRL 11 6DNNKRLVAL 11

TABLE XXXI-V4 HLA-B2709-9 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 AATKAMMII 10 1 TAATKAMMI  9

TABLE XXXI V5-HLA-B2709-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 4 IRDEEQKQN 12 1 ERKIRDEEQ 10 2RKIRDEEQK 7 5 RDEEQKQNR 5

TABLE XXXI V5 & 6-HLA-B2709-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 EQKQNRKNG 1

TABLE XXXI V6-HLA-B2709-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 ERKQNRKNG 11 6 NRKNGKGQA 11 3RKQNRKNGK 4 7 RKNGKGQAS 4

TABLE XXXI V8-HLA-B2709-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 LKSPTVMGL 12 1 LMLKSPTVM 10 4KSPTVMGLM 10 7 TVMGLMEAI 8

TABLE XXXII V1-HLA-B4402-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 516 EEGTKRVLL 26 16 SEDEAWKSY 24 265SETGDNKCF 24 515 KEEGTKRVL 24 163 GEEQRVVIF 23 115 LENSKRFQY 22 295DEQLKYWKY 22 486 DEREGGSVL 21 386 SNKPIHRAY 18 5 PPFNTRRAY 17 326NTIGNIEEI 17 529 ETDDVFDAL 17 539 LKSPTVKGL 17 587 NEDTFILNM 17 24LENPLTAAT 16 46 AALGLLYDY 16 55 YKVPRDKRL 16 144 AEDFTPVFM 16 323ESFNTIGNI 16 332 EEIAYNAVS 16 347 EEAKIFITV 16 392 RAYCQIKVF 16 504EEFGPVPSK 16 517 EGTKRVLLY 16 577 MDDNIIEHY 16 12 AYTSEDEAW 15 42EDSAAALGL 15 56 KVPRDKRLL 15 102 KTVPVNLSL 15 125 ISFPESSAI 15 128PESSAIIPV 15 164 EEQRVVIFE 15 247 GEGPMTYLN 15 290 EDKNRDEQL 15 293NRDEQLKYW 15 296 EQLKYWKYW 15 322 KESFNTIGN 15 333 EIAYNAVSF 15 350KIFITVNCL 15 369 KGLPLMIQI 15 372 PLMIQIDTY 15 405 AERKIRDEE 15 549EAISEKYGL 15 558 PVEKIAKLY 15 40 GDEDSAAAL 14 47 ALGLLYDYY 14 74EDQEKRNCL 14 93 GGENRVQVL 14 107 NLSLNQDHL 14 143 KAEDFTPVF 14 168VVIFEQTQY 14 201 SESFKDAAT 14 219 AEEYMYDQT 14 234 YTLEATKSL 14 256KGQFYAITL 14 289 SEDKNRDEQ 14 292 KNRDEQLKY 14 313 QRVLDIADY 14 335AYNAVSFTW 14 346 NEEAKIFIT 14 363 SSQKGVKGL 14 412 EERKQNRKK 14 433SSDGKLAAI 14 488 REGGSVLVK 14 503 EEEFGPVPS 14 557 LPVEKIAKL 14 583EHYSNEDTF 14 41 DEDSAAALG 13 44 SAAALGLLY 13 76 QEKRNCLST 13 94GENRVQVLK 13 100 VLKTVPVNL 13 120 REQYSISFP 13 131 SAIIPVSGI 13 150VFMAPPVHY 13 179 PSLATHSAY 13 192 QRSTPDSTY 13 204 FKDAATEKF 13 214SASVGAEEY 13 220 EEYMYDQTS 13 226 QTSSGTFQY 13 228 SSGTFQYTL 13 245KQGEGPMTY 13 251 MTYLNKGQF 13 280 VRSVVMVVF 13 328 IGNIEEIAY 13 331IEEIAYNAV 13 344 DVNEEAKIF 13 435 DGKLAAIPL 13 444 QKKSDITYF 13 457DLHSQPVLF 13 463 VLFIPDVHF 13 473 NLQRTGQVY 13 498 MFRPMEEEF 13 528KETDDVFDA 13 552 SEKYGLPVE 13 598 MVEGFKVTL 13 16 EDEAWKSYL 12 20WKSYLENPL 12 43 DSAAALGLL 12 73 QEDQEKRNC 12 85 SEAQSNLSG 12 119KREQYSISF 12 171 FEQTQYDVP 12 180 SLATHSAYL 12 196 PDSTYSESF 12 224YDQTSSGTF 12 236 LEATKSLRQ 12 252 TYLNKGQFY 12 254 LNKGQFYAI 12 308QHTAKQRVL 12 411 DEERKQNRK 12 430 CNSSSDGKL 12 439 AAIPLQKKS 12 443LQKKSDITY 12 450 TYFKTMPDL 12 456 PDLHSQPVL 12 466 IPDVHFANL 12 474LQRTGQVYY 12 491 GSVLVKRMF 12 531 DDVFDALML 12 547 LMEAISEKY 12 548MEAISEKYG 12 554 KYGLPVEKI 12 594 NMESMVEGF 12 599 VEGFKVTLM 12

TABLE XXXII V2-HLA-B4402-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 QESDNNKRL 25 6 DNNKRLVAL 15 15VPMPSDPPF 14

TABLE XXXII V4-HLA-B4402-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 2 AATKAMMII 11 1 TAATKAMMI 10 5KAMMIINGD 7 6 AMMIINGDE 5

TABLE XXXII V5-HLA-B4402-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 7 EEQKQNRKK 14 6 DEEQKQNRK 11 8EQKQNRKKG 7

TABLE XXXII V5 & 6-HLA-B4402-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EEQKQNRKN 14 2 EQKQNRKNG 6

TABLE XXXII V6HLA-B4402-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EERKQNRKN 14 2 ERKQNRKNG 6

TABLE XXXII B8HLA-B4402-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 9amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus eight. Pos 123456789 score 3 LKSPTVMGL 15 7 TVMGLMEAI 12

TABLE XXXIIII V1-HLA-B5101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 162 DGEEQRVVI 26 134 IPVSGITVV25 441 IPLQKKSDI 25 310 TAKQRVLDI 24 557 LPVEKIAKL 24 131 SAIIPVSGI 22275 HPISKVRSV 22 30 AATKAMMSI 21 148 TPVFMAPPV 21 320 DYKESFNTI 21 337NAVSFTWDV 19 369 KGLPLMIQI 19 392 RAYCQIKVF 19 455 MPDLHSQPV 19 461QPVLFIPDV 19 466 IPDVHFANL 19 26 NPLTAATKA 18 334 IAYNAVSFT 18 435DGKLAAIPL 18 4 DPPFNTRRA 17 92 SGGENRVQV 17 93 GGENRVQVL 17 256KGQFYAITL 17 11 RAYTSEDEA 16 160 RGDGEEQRV 16 206 DAATEKFRS 16 249GPMTYLNKG 16 535 DALMLKSPT 16 549 EAISEKYGL 16 96 NRVQVLKTV 15 133IIPVSGITV 15 186 SAYLKDDQR 15 207 AATEKFRSA 15 280 YAITLSETG 15 279KVRSVVMVV 15 348 EAKIFITVN 15 371 LPLMIQIDT 15 382 YNNRSNKPI 15 438LAAIPLQKK 15 458 LHSQPVLFI 15 486 DEREGGSVL 15 565 LYKKSKKGI 15 18EAWKSYLEN 14 29 TAATKAMMS 14 46 AALGLLYDY 14 57 VPRDKRLLS 14 126SFPESSAII 14 127 FPESSAIIP 14 143 KAEDFTPVF 14 152 MAPPVHYPR 14 161GDGEEQRVV 14 181 LATHSAYLK 14 237 EATKSLRQK 14 246 QGEGPMTYL 14 254LNKGQFYAI 14 269 DNKCFRHPI 14 276 PISKVRSVV 14 345 VNEEAKIFI 14 401CDKGAERKI 14 554 KYGLPVEKI 14 562 IAKLYKKSK 14 1 MPSDPPFNT 13 5PPFNTRRAY 13 33 KAMMSINGD 13 53 DYYKVPRDK 13 125 ISFPESSAI 13 142VKAEDFTPV 13 154 PPVHYPRGD 13 158 YPRGDGEEQ 13 218 GAEEYMYDQ 13 234YTLEATKSL 13 318 IADYKESFN 13 323 ESFNTIGNI 13 326 NTIGNIEEI 13 347EEAKIFITV 13 367 GVKGLPLMI 13 404 GAERKIRDE 13 433 SSDGKLAAI 13 439AAIPLQKKS 13 509 VPSKQMKEE 13 514 MKEEGTKRV 13 551 ISEKYGLPV 13 555YGLPVEKIA 13 573 ILVNMDDNI 13 574 LVNMDDNII 13 43 DSAAALGLL 12 44SAAALGLLY 12 45 AAALGLLYD 12 49 GLLYDYYKV 12 50 LLYDYYKVP 12 68KASDSQEDQ 12 90 NLSGGENRV 12 100 VLKTVPVNL 12 104 VPVNLSLNQ 12 137SGITVVKAE 12 153 APPVHYPRG 12 195 TPDSTYSES 12 278 SKVRSVVMV 12 308QHTAKQRVL 12 343 WDVNEEAKI 12 360 TDFSSQKGV 12 378 DTYSYNNRS 12 456PDLHSQPVL 12 471 FANLQRTGQ 12 485 DDEREGGSV 12 489 EGGSVLVKR 12 500RPMEEEFGP 12 515 KEEGTKRVL 12 518 GTKRVLLYV 12 531 DDVFDALML 12 539LKSPTVKGL 12 541 SPTVKGLME 12 543 TVKGLMEAI 12 591 FILNMESMV 12 601GFKVTLMEI 12

TABLE XXXIIII V2-HLA-B5101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 6 DNNKRLVAL 13 12 VALVPMPSD 1315 VPMPSDPPF 12 7 NNKRLVALV 11 3 QESDNNKRL 10 4 ESDNNKRLV 9 8 NKRLVALVP8

TABLE XXXIIII V4-HLA-B5101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 TAATKAMMI 24 2 AATKAMMII 21 5KAMMIINGD 12

TABLE XXXIIII V5-HLA-B5101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 6 DEEQKQNRK 7 4 IRDEEQKQN 5 7EEQKQNRKK 5 3 KIRDEEQKQ 3 8 EQKQNRKKG 3

TABLE XXXIIII V5 & 6-HLA-B5101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 1 EEQKQNRKN 5

TABLE XXXIIII V6-HLA-B5101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 9 NGKGQASQT 9 1 EERKQNRKN 5 4KQNRKNGKG 4

TABLE XXXIIII V8-HLA-B5101-9mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is9 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus eight. Pos 123456789 score 5 SPTVMGLME 12 7 TVMGLMEAI 12 1LMLKSPTVM 11 3 LKSPTVMGL 11 9 MGLMEAISE 11

TABLE XXXIV V1-HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 14 TSEDEAWKSY 29 43 DSAAALGLLY 28 114HLENSKREQY 27 294 RDEQLKYWKY 27 576 NMDDNIIEHY 25 516 EEGTKRVLLY 24 291DKNRDEQLKY 23 215 ASVGAEEYMY 22 251 MTYLNKGQFY 22 84 TSEAQSNLSG 21 442PLQKKSDITY 20 2 PSDPPFNTRR 19 213 RSASVGAEEY 19 327 TIGNIEEIAY 19 385RSNKPIHRAY 19 487 EREGGSVLVK 19 359 STDFSSQKGV 18 472 ANLQRTGQVY 18 529ETDDVFDALM 18 546 GLMEAISEKY 18 586 SNEDTFILNM 18 46 AALGLLYDYY 17 208ATEKFRSASV 17 235 TLEATKSLRQ 17 346 NEEAKIFITV 17 433 SSDGKLAAIP 17 446KSDITYFKTM 17 530 TDDVFDALML 17 557 LPVEKIAKLY 17 4 DPPFNTRRAY 16 41DEDSAAALGL 16 45 AAALGLLYDY 16 75 DQEKRNCLGT 16 178 VPSLATHSAY 16 200YSESFKDAAT 16 244 QKQGEGPMTY 16 288 FSEDKNRDEQ 16 321 YKESFNTIGN 16 473NLQRTGQVYY 16 483 NTDDEREGGS 16 556 PVEKIAKLYK 16 69 ASDSQEDQEK 15 127FPESSAIIPV 15 148 PVFMAPPVHY 15 163 GEEQRVVIFE 15 167 RVVIFEQTQY 15 191DQRSTPDSTY 15 225 DQTSSGTFQY 15 264 LSETGDNKCF 15 312 KQRVLDIADY 15 371LPLMIQIDTY 15 373 LMIQIDTYSY 15 459 HSQPVLFIPD 15 551 ISEKYGLPVE 15 585YSNEDTFILN 15 515 KEEGTKRVLL 14 598 MVEGFKVTLM 14

TABLE XXXIV V2-HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 4 ESDNNKRLVA 22 2 SQESDNNKRL 13

TABLE XXXIV V4-HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 4 ATKAMMIING 11 1 LTAATKAMMI 7 3AATKAMMIIN 5

TABLE XXXIV V5-HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 7 DEEQKQNRKK 13 5 IRDEEQKQNR 10 6RDEEQKQNRK 10

TABLE XXXIV V5 & 6-HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 1 DEEQKQNRKN 13

TABLE XXXIV V6-HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 1 DEERKQNRKN 13

TABLE XXXIV V8-HLA-A1-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 5 KSPTVMGLME 12 4 IKSPTVMGLM 6 7PTVMGLMEAI 6 9 VMGLMEAISE 5

TABLE XXXV V1-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 556 GLPVEKIAKL 29 132 AIIPVSGITV 26 597SMVEGFKVTL 26 133 IIPVSGITVV 24 169 VIFEQTQYDV 23 253 YLNKGQFYAI 23 538MLKSPTVKGL 23 550 AISEKYGLPV 23 457 DLHSQPVLFI 22 465 FIPDVHFANL 22 330NIEEIAYNAV 21 483 VLFIPDVHFA 21 573 ILVNMDDNII 21 564 KLYKKSKKGI 20 57VPRDKRLLSV 19 208 ATEKFRSASV 19 309 HTAKQRVLDI 19 437 KLAAIPLQKK 19 454TMPDLHSQPV 19 572 GILVNMDDNI 19 23 YLENPLTAAT 18 37 SINGDEDSAA 18 92SGGENRVQVL 18 99 QVLKTVPVNL 18 124 SISFPESSAI 18 271 KCFRHPISKV 18 349AKIFITVNCL 18 432 SSSDGKLAAI 18 440 AIPLQKKSDI 18 513 QMKEEGTKRV 18 535DALMLKSPTV 18 48 LGLLYDYYKV 17 109 SLNQDHLENS 17 130 SSAIIPVSGI 17 222YMYDQTSSGT 17 277 ISKVRSVVMV 17 449 ITYFKTMPDL 17 460 SQPVLFIPDV 17 592ILNMESMVEG 17 29 TAATKAMMSI 16 50 LLYDYYKVPR 16 62 RLLSVSKASD 16 91LSGGENRVQV 16 97 RVQVLKTVPV 16 147 FTPVFMAPPV 16 274 RHPISKVRSV 16 278SKVRSVVMVV 16 471 FANLQRTGQV 16 537 LMLKSPTVKG 16 546 GLMEAISEKY 16 22SYLENPLTAA 15 39 NGDEDSAAAL 15 89 SNLSGGENRV 15 100 VLKTVPVNLS 15 125ISFPESSAII 15 135 PVSGITVVKA 15 180 SLATHSAYLK 15 227 TSSGTFQYTL 15 230GTFQYTLEAT 15 263 TLSETGDNKC 15 359 STDFSSQKGV 15 362 FSSQKGVKGL 15 370GLPLMIQIDT 15 373 LMIQIDTYSY 15 493 VLVKRMFRPM 15 580 NIIEHYSNED 15 15SEDEAWKSYL 14 55 YKVPRDKRLL 14 101 LKTVPVNLSL 14 127 FPESSAIIPV 14 141VVKAEDFTPV 14 151 FMAPPVHYPR 14 187 YLKDDQRSTP 14 319 ADYKESFNTI 14 325FNTIGNIEEI 14 333 EIAYNAVSFT 14 336 YNAVSFTWDV 14 344 DVNEEAKIFI 14 352FITVNCLSTD 14 364 SQKGVKGLPL 14 390 IHRAYCQIKV 14 484 TDDEREGGSV 14 515KEEGTKRVLL 14 622 VLLYVRKETD 14 548 MEAISEKYGL 14 553 EKYGLPVEKI 14

TABLE XXXV V2-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 5 SDNNKRLVAL 20 6 DNNKRLVALV 16 13ALVPMPSDPP 14 3 QESDNNKRLV 11 11 LVALVPMPSD 11 2 SQESDNNKRL 10 8NKRLVALVPM 10 10 RLVALVPMPS 10 16 PMPSDPPFNT 9

TABLE XXXV V4-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 10 IINGDEDSAA 18 1 LTAATKAMMI 16 9MIINGDEDSA 16 2 TAATKAMMII 14 7 AMMIINGDED 13 8 MMIINGDEDS 10 4ATKAMMIING 9 5 TKAMMIINGD 8

TABLE XXXV V6-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 4 KIRDEEQKQN 9 1 AERKIRDEEQ 4 3RKIRDEEQKQ 4 5 IRDEEQKQNR 4

TABLE XXXV V5 & 6-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 4 QKQNRKNGKG 2

TABLE XXXV V6-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 8 RKNGKGQASQ 7 9 KNGKGQASQT 5 6QNRKNGKGQA 4 10 NGKGQASQTQ 3

TABLE XXXV V8-HLA-A0201-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 3 MLKSPTVMGL 24 1 ALMLKSPTVM 17 2LMLKSPTVMG 14 6 SPTVMGLMEA 11 9 VMGLMEAISE 11

TABLE XXXVI V1-HLA-A0203-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 38 INGDEDSAAA 27 22 SYLENPLTAA 19 37SINGDEDSAA 19 199 TYSESFKDAA 19 431 NSSSDGKLAA 19 23 YLENPLTAAT 17 39NGDEDSAAAL 17 200 YSESFKDAAT 17 432 SSSDGKLAAI 17

TABLE XXXVI-V2 HLA-A0203-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 4 ESDNNKRLVA 10  5 SDNNKRLVAL 96 DNNKRLVALV 8

TABLE XXXVI-V4 HLA-A0203-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 10 IINGDEDSAA 19  9 MIINGDEDSA10

TABLE XXXVI V5-HLA-A0203-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XXXVI V5 & 6-HLA-A0203-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XXXVI V6-HLA-A0203-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 6 QNRKNGKGQA 10 7 NRKNGKGQAS 9 8RKNGKGQASQ 8

TABLE XXXVI V8-HLA-A0203-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 6 SPTVMGLMEA 10 7 PTVMGLMEAI 9 8TVMGLMEAIS 8

TALE XXXVII V1-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQ IDNO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 536 ALMLKSPTVK 30 279 KVRSVVMVVF 28 357CLSTDFSSQK 26 437 KLAAIPLQKK 26 167 RVVIFEQTQY 25 180 SLATHSAYLK 25 47ALGLLYDYYK 24 59 RDKRLLSVSK 24 132 AIIPVSGITV 24 561 KIAKLYKKSK 24 24LENPLTAATK 23 50 LLYDYYKVPR 23 398 KVFCDKGAER 23 473 NLQRTGQVYY 23 558PVEKIAKLYK 23 62 RLLSVSKASD 21 114 HLENSKREQY 21 149 PVFMAPPVHY 21 389PIHRAYCQIK 21 436 GKLAAIPLQK 21 525 YVRKETDDVF 21 56 KVPRDKRLLS 20 134IPVSGITVVK 20 187 YLKDDQRSTP 20 283 VVMVVFSEDK 20 442 PLQKKSDITY 20 462PVLFIPDVHF 20 479 QVYYNTDDER 20 99 QVLKTVPVNL 19 408 KIRDEERKQN 19 487EREGGSVLVK 19 97 RVQVLKTVPV 18 332 EEIAYNAVSF 18 472 ANLQRTGQVY 18 521RVLLYVRKET 18 545 KGLMEAISEK 18 550 AISEKYGLPV 18 12 AYTSEDEAWK 17 65SVSKASDSQE 17 231 TFQYTLEATK 17 241 SLRQKQGEGP 17 262 ITLSETGDNK 17 314RVLDIADYKE 17 338 AVSFTWDVNE 17 519 TKRVLLYVRK 17 546 GLMEAISEKY 17 552SEKYGLPVEK 17 562 IAKLYKKSKK 17 564 KLYKKSKKGI 17 21 KSYLENPLTA 16 27PLTAATKAMM 16 49 GLLYDYYKVP 16 63 LLSVSKASDS 16 90 NLSGGENRVQ 16 135PVSGITVVKA 16 191 DQRSTPDSTY 16 244 QKQGEGPMTY 16 247 GEGPMTYLNK 16 276PISKVRSVVM 16 313 QRVLDIADYK 16 327 TIGNIEEIAY 16 494 LVKRMFRPME 16 511SKQMKEEGTK 16 522 VLLYVRKETD 16 543 TVKGLMEAIS 16 555 YGLPVEKIAK 16 591FILNMESMVE 16 592 ILNMESMVEG 16 23 YLENPLTAAT 15 37 SINGDEDSAA 15 43DSAAALGLLY 15 52 YDYYKVPRDK 15 81 CLGTSEAQSN 15 93 GGENRVQVLK 15 105PVNLSLNQDH 15 133 IIPVSGITVV 15 138 GITVVKAEDF 15 235 TLEATKSLRQ 15 312KQRVLDIADY 15 352 FITVNCLSTD 15 360 TDFSSQKGVK 15 410 RDEERKQNRK 15 440AIPLQKKSDI 15 523 LLYVRKETDD 15 140 TVVKAEDFTP 14 141 VVKAEDFTPV 14 202ESFKDAATEK 14 213 RSASVGAEEY 14 216 SVGAEEYMYD 14 236 LEATKSLRQK 14 251MTYLNKGQFY 14 282 SVVMVVFSED 14 285 MVVFSEDKNR 14 367 GVKGLPLMIQ 14 376QIDTYSYNNR 14 379 TYSYNNRSNK 14 399 VFCDKGAERK 14 488 REGGSVLVKR 14 532DVFDALMLKS 14

TABLE XXXVII V2-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 10 RLVALVPMPS 18 13 ALVPMPSDPP 16 7NNKRLVALVP 14 11 LVALVPMPSD 14 14 LVPMPSDPPF 14 4 ESDNNKRLVA 9 8NKRLVALVPM 8

TABLE XXXVII V4-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 10 IINGDEDSAA 16 9 MIINGDEDSA 14 1LTAATKAMMI 8 7 AMMIINGDED 7

TABLE XXXVII V5-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 4 KIRDEEQKQN 18 2 ERKIRDEEQK 15 6RDEEQKQNRK 15 9 EQKQNRKKGK 11 3 RKIRDEEQKQ 10 7 DEEQKQNRKK 10

TABLE XXXVII V5 & 6-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 3 EQKQNRKNGK 11

TABLE XXXVII V6-HLA-A3-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 9 KNGKGQASQT 12 3 ERKQNRKNGK 11 8RKNGKGQASQ 11 5 KQNRKNGKGQ 9 6 QNRKNGKGQA 9 10 NGKGQASQTQ 7 4 RKQNRKNGKG6 7 NRKNGKGQAS 6

TABLE XXXVII V8-HLA-A23-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 1 ALMLKSPTVM 20 8 TVMGLMEAIS 15 10MGLMEAISEK 15 3 MLKSPTVMGL 12 5 KSPTVMGLME 10

TABLE XXXVIII V1-HLA-A26-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 167 RVVIFEQTQY 25 516 EEGTKRVLLY 25 532DVFDALMLKS 25 149 PVFMAPPVHY 24 172 EQTQYDVPSL 24 42 EDSAAALGLL 23 332EEIAYNAVSF 23 162 DGEEQRVVIF 22 468 DVHFANLQRT 22 191 DQRSTPDSTY 21 225DQTSSGTFQY 21 344 DVNEEAKIFI 21 589 DTFILNMESM 21 43 DSAAALGLLY 20 177DVPSLATHSA 20 291 DKNRDEQLKY 20 353 ITVNCLSTDF 20 4 DPPFNTRRAY 19 251MTYLNKGQFY 19 266 ETGDNKCFRH 19 279 KVRSVVMVVF 19 333 EIAYNAVSFT 19 529ETDDVFDALM 19 41 DEDSAAALGL 18 99 QVLKTVPVNL 18 102 KTVPVNLSLN 18 378DTYSYNNRSN 18 462 PVLFIPDVHF 18 485 DDEREGGSVL 18 525 YVRKETDDVF 18 600EGFKVTLMEI 18 230 GTFQYTLEAT 17 327 TIGNIEEIAY 17 140 YVVKAEDFTP 16 282SVVMVVFSED 16 349 AKIFITVNCL 16 449 ITYFKTMPDL 16 504 EEFGPVPSKQ 16 517EGTKRVLLYV 16 531 DDVFDALMLK 16 549 EAISEKYGLP 16 557 LPVEKIAKLY 16 597SMVEGFKVTL 16 92 SGGENRVQVL 15 95 ENRVQVLKTV 15 135 PVSGITVVKA 15 145EDFTPVFMAP 15 215 ASVGAEEYMY 15 248 EGPMTYLNKG 15 265 VVFSEDKNRD 15 323ESFNTIGNIE 15 371 LPLMIQIDTY 15 373 LMIQIDTYSY 15 398 KVFCDKGAER 15 487EREGGSVLVK 15 489 EGGSVLVKRM 15 503 EEEFGPVPSK 15 553 EKYGLPVEKI 15 560EKIAKLYKKS 15 576 NMDDNIIEHY 15 18 EAWKSYLENP 14 45 AAALGLLYDY 14 60DKRLLSVSKA 14 164 EEQRVVIFEQ 14 168 VVIFEQTQYD 14 202 ESFKDAATEK 14 210EKFRSASVGA 14 285 MVVFSEDKNR 14 312 KQRVLDIADY 14 317 DIADYKESFN 14 347EEAKIFITVN 14 367 GVKGLPLMIQ 14 457 DLHSQPVLFI 14 593 LNMESMVEGF 14 598MVEGFKVTLM 14 14 TSEDEAWKSY 13 55 YKVPRDKRLL 13 65 SVSKASDSQE 13 118SKREQYSISF 13 138 GITVVKAEDF 13 182 ATHSAYLKDD 13 309 HTAKQRVLDI 13 316LDIADYKESF 13 448 DITYFKTMPD 13 465 FIPDVHFANL 13 538 MLKSPTVKGL 13 542PTVKGLMEAI 13 546 GLMEAISEKY 13 556 GLPVEKIAKL 13 579 DNIIEHYSNE 13 15SEDEAWKSYL 12 74 EDQEKRNCLG 12 77 EKRNCLGTSE 12 86 EAQSNLSGGE 12 103TVPVNLSLNQ 12 132 AIIPVSGITV 12 139 ITVVKAEDFT 12 178 VPSLATHSAY 12 221EYMYDQTSSG 12 237 EATKSLRQKQ 12 314 RVLDIADYKE 12 326 NTIGNIEEIA 12 343WDVNEEAKIF 12 362 FSSQKGVKGL 12 391 HRAYCQIKVF 12 435 DGKLAAIPLQ 12 442PLQKKSDITY 12 443 LQKKSDITYF 12 497 RMFRPMEEEF 12 505 EFGPVPSKQM 12 518GTKRVLLYVR 12

TABLE XXXVIII V2-HLA-A26-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 14 LVPMPSDPPF 18 5 SDNNKRLVAL 14 6DNNKRLVALV 12 4 ESDNNKRLVA 11 11 LVALVPMPSD 11 2 SQESDNNKRL 10

TABLE XXXVIII V4-HLA-A26-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 4 ATKAMMIING 13 1 LTAATKAMMI 9 9MIINGDEDSA 9 10 IINGDEDSAA 6

TABLE XXXVIII V5-HLA-A26-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 2 ERKIRDEEQK 11 8 EEQKQNRKKG 11 9EQKQNRKKGK 10 7 DEEQKQNRKK 9 4 KIRDEEQKQN 6 3 RKIRDEEQKQ 5

TABLE XXXVIII V5 & 6-HLA-A26-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 2 EEQKQNRKNG 10 3 EQKQNRKNGK 101 DEEQKQNRKN 9

TABLE XXXVIII V6-HLA-A26-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 2 EERKQNRKNG 10 3 ERKQNRKNGK 10 1DEERKQNRKN 9

TABLE XXXVIII V8HLA-A26-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 3 MLKSPTVMGL 13 7 PTVMGLMEAI 13 8TVMGLMEAIS 11 6 SPTVMGLMEA 6

TABLE XXXIX V1-HLA-B0702-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 455 MPDLHSQPVL 23 57 VPRDKRLLSV 20 500RPMEEEFGPV 20 5 PPFNTRRAYT 18 26 NPLTAATKAM 18 275 HPISKVRSVV 18 127FPESSAIIPV 17 195 TPDSTYSESF 17 388 KPIHRAYCQI 17 441 IPLQKKSDIT 17 515KEEGTKRVLL 16 541 SPTVKGLMEA 16 134 IPVSGITVVK 15 364 SQKGVKGLPL 15 42EDSAAALGLL 14 158 YPRGDGEEQR 14 227 TSSGTFQYTL 14 1 MPSDPPFNTR 13 19AWKSYLENPL 13 39 NGDEDSAAAL 13 41 DEDSAAALGL 13 92 SGGENRVQVL 13 99QVLKTVPVNL 13 135 PVSGITVVKA 13 172 EQTQYDVPSL 13 178 VPSLATHSAY 13 245KQGEGPMTYL 13 349 AKIFITVNCL 13 362 FSSQKGVKGL 13 434 SDGKLAAIPL 13 509VPSKQMKEEG 13 528 KETDDVFDAL 13 530 TDDVFDALML 13 550 AISEKYGLPV 13 584HYSNEDTFIL 13 4 DPPFNTRRAY 12 73 QEDQEKRNCL 12 91 LSGGENRVQV 12 101LKTVPVNLSL 12 148 TPVFMAPPVH 12 153 APPVHYPRGD 12 179 PSLATHSAYL 12 276PISKVRSVVM 12 279 KVRSVVMVVF 12 289 SEDKNRDEQL 12 307 RQHTAKQRVL 12 449ITYFKTMPDL 12 465 FIPDVHFANL 12 466 IPDVHFANLQ 12 597 SMVEGFKVTL 12 15SEDEAWKSYL 11 55 YKVPRDKRLL 11 97 RVQVLKTVPV 11 154 PPVHYPRGDG 11 160RGDGEEQRVV 11 161 GDGEEQRVVI 11 233 QYTLEATKSL 11 249 GPMTYLNKGQ 11 255NKGQFYAITL 11 309 HTAKQRVLDI 11 431 NSSSDGKLAA 11 461 QPVLFIPDVH 11 485DDEREGGSVL 11 507 GPVPSKQMKE 11 514 MKEEGTKRVL 11 538 MLKSPTVKGL 11 548MEAISEKYGL 11 556 GLPVEKIAKL 11 565 LYKKSKKGIL 11

TABLE XXXIX V2-HLA-B0702-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 15 VPMPSDPPFN 14 5 SDNNKRLVAL 13 4ESDNNKRLVA 12 8 NKRLVALVPM 11 2 SQESDNNKRL 10 6 DNNKRLVALV 9 3QESDNNKRLV 8 14 LVPMPSDPPF 8 16 PMPSDPPFNT 6

TABLE XXXIX V4-HLA-B0702-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 10 IINGDEDSAA 10 1 LTAATKAMMI 8 2TAATKAMMII 7 9 MIINGDEDSA 6

TABLE XXXIX V5-HLA-B0702-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. score 1234567890 score 1 AERKIRDEEQ 5 4 KIRDEEQKQN 3 8EEQKQNRKKG 3 5 IRDEEQKQNR 2

TABLE XXXIC-V5 & 6 HLA-B0702-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 2 EEQKQNRKNG 3 3 EQKQNRKNGK 1

TABLE XXXIX-V6 HLA-B0702-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 6 QNRKNGKGQA 9 9 KNGKGQASQT 9 2EERKQNRKNG 5 8 RKNGKGQASQ 4

TABLE XXXIX V8-HLA-B0702-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. score 1234567890 score 6 SPTVMGLMEA 15 1 ALMLKSPTVM 11 3MLKSPTVMGL 11 4 LKSPTVMGLM 9 7 PTVMGLMEAI 7

TABLE XL V1-HLA-B08-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 score NoResultsFound.

TABLE XL V2-HLA-B08-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 score NoResultsFound.

TABLE XL V4-HLA-B08-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 score NoResultsFound.

TABLE XL V5-HLA-B08-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 score NoResultsFound.

TABLE XL V5 & 6-HLA-B08-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XL V6-HLA-B08-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 score NoResultsFound.

TABLE XL V8-HLA-B08-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 score NoResultsFound.

TABLE XLI V1-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLI-V2 HLA-B1510-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLI V4-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLI V5-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLI V5 & 6-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLI-V6 HLA-B1510-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLI-V8 HLA-B1510-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLII V1-HLA-B2705-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLII V2-HLA-B2705-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLII V4-HLA-B2705-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLII V5-HLA-B2705-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLII V5 & 6-HLA-B2705-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLII V6-HLA-B2705-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLII V8-HLA-B2705-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLIII V1-HLA-B2709-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsRound.

TABLE XLIII V2-HLA-B2709-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsRound.

TABLE XLI V4-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsRound.

TABLE XLI V5-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsRound.

TABLE XLI V5 & 6-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsRound.

TABLE XLI V6-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsRound.

TABLE XLI V8-HLA-B1510-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsRound.

TABLE XLIV V1-HLA-B4402-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 332 EEIAYNAVSF 27 516 EEGTKRVLLY 26 515KEEGTKRVLL 25 528 KETDDVFDAL 25 41 DEDSAAALGL 23 73 QEDQEKRNCL 23 289SEDKNRDEQL 23 295 DEQLKYWKYW 23 322 KESFNTIGNI 23 15 SEDEAWKSYL 22 582IEHYSNEDTF 21 548 MEAISEKYGL 20 349 AKIFITVNCL 18 504 EEFGPVPSKQ 17 164EEQRVVIFEQ 16 347 EEAKIFITVN 16 391 HRAYCQIKVF 16 412 EERKQNRKKG 16 576NMDDNIIEHY 16 4 DPPFNTRRAY 15 24 LENPLTAATK 15 39 NGDEDSAAAL 15 42EDSAAALGLL 15 45 AAALGLLYDY 15 46 AALGLLYDYY 15 55 YKVPRDKRLL 15 128PESSAIIPVS 15 144 AEDFTPVFMA 15 292 KNRDEQLKYW 15 371 LPLMIQIDTY 15 472ANLQRTGQVY 15 556 GLPVEKIAKL 15 587 NEDTFILNME 15 19 AWKSYLENPL 14 94GENRVQVLKT 14 149 PVFMAPPVHY 14 178 VPSLATHSAY 14 201 SESFKDAATE 14 203SFKDAATEKF 14 215 ASVGAEEYMY 14 219 AEEYMYDQTS 14 233 QYTLEATKSL 14 236LEATKSLRQK 14 247 GEGPWTYLNK 14 255 NKGQFYAITL 14 312 KQRVLDIADY 14 319ADYKESFNTI 14 327 TIGNIEEIAY 14 343 WDVNEEAKIF 14 346 NEEAKIFITV 14 362FSSQKGVKGL 14 373 LMIQIDTYSY 14 432 SSSDGKLAAI 14 456 PDLHSQPVLF 14 488REGGSVLVKR 14 557 LPVEKIAKLY 14 11 RAYTSEDEAW 13 14 TSEDEAWKSY 13 76QEKRNCLGTS 13 92 SGGENRVQVL 13 99 QVLKTVPVNL 13 114 HLENSKREQY 13 125ISFPESSAII 13 172 EQTQYDVPSL 13 227 TSSGTFQYTL 13 244 QKQGEGPMTY 13 264LSETGDNKCF 13 279 KVRSVVMVVF 13 291 KDNRDEQLKY 13 307 RQHTAKQRVL 13 316LDIADYKESF 13 364 SQKGVKGLPL 13 385 RSNKPIHRAY 13 388 KPIHRAYCQI 13 405AERKIRDEER 13 411 DEERKQNRKK 13 434 SDGKLAAIPL 13 440 AIPLQKKSDI 13 443LQKKSDITYF 13 455 MPDLHSQPVL 13 465 FIPDVHFANL 13 473 NLQRTGVVYY 13 497RMFRPMEEEF 13 503 EEEFGPVPSK 13 530 TDDVFDALML 13 538 MLKSPTVKGL 13 552SEDYGLPVEK 13 553 EKYGLPVEKI 13 584 HYSNEDTFIL 13 597 SMVEGFKVTL 13 600EGFKVTLMEI 13

TABLE XLIV V2-HLA-B4402-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 5 SDNNKRLVAL 16 3 QESDNNKRLV 14 2SQESDNNKRL 13 14 LVPMPSDPPF 11 4 ESDNNKRLVA 7

TABLE XLIV V4-HLA-B4402-10mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 1 LTAATKAMMI 9 2 TAATKAMMII 9 4ATKAMMIING 7 3 AATKAMMIIN 4 5 TKAMMIINGD 4 7 AMMIINGDED 4 9 MIINGDEDSA 4

TABLE XLIV-V5 HLA-B4402-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 8 EEQKQNRKKG 16 1 AERKIRDEEQ 13 7DEEQKQNRKK 12

TABLE XLIV-V5 & 6 HLA-B4402-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is10 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 2 EEQKQNRKNG 15 1 DEEQKQNRKN 12

TABLE XLIV-V6 HLA-B4402-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 2 EERKQNRKNG 15 1 DEERKQNRKN 13

TABLE XLIV-V8 HLA-B4402-10 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion of SEQID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is 10amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the start positionplus nine. Pos 1234567890 score 3 MLKSPTVMGL 11 7 PTVMGLMEAI 10 1ALMLKSPTVM  7 4 LKSPTVMGLM  5

TABLE XLV-V1 HLA-B5101-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLV-V2 HLA-B5101-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLV-V4 HLA-B5101-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLV-V5 HLA-B5101-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLV-V5 & 6 HLA-B5101-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLV-V6 HLA-B5101-10 mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound

TABLE XLV V8HLA-B5101-10mers-202P5A5 Pos 1234567890 scoreNoResultsFound.

TABLE XLVI V1-HLA-DRB1-0101-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 136 VSGITVVKAEDFTPV 31352 FITVNCLSTDFSSQK 31 503 EEEFGPVPSKQMKEE 31 95 ENRVQVLKTVPVNLS 30 130SSAIIPVSGITVVKA 30 175 QYDVPSLATHSAYLK 30 274 RHPISKVRSVVMVVF 30 452FKTMPDLHSQPVLFI 30 239 TKSLRQKQGEGPMTY 28 4 DPPFNTRRAYTSEDE 27 120REQYSISFPESSAII 27 230 GTFQYTLEATKSLRQ 27 231 TFQYTLEATKSLRQK 27 531DDVFDALMLKSPTVK 27 124 SISFPESSAIIPVSG 26 201 SESFKDAATEKFRSA 26 370GLPLMIQIDTYSYNN 26 432 SSSDGKLAAIPLQKK 26 522 VLLYVRKETDDVFDA 26 144AEDFTPVFMAPPVHY 25 248 EGPMTYLNKGQFYAI 25 359 STDFSSQKGVKGLPL 25 449ITYFKTMPDLHSQPV 25 511 SKQMKEEGTKRVLLY 25 541 SPTVKGLMEAISEKY 25 593LNMESMVEGFKVTLM 25 61 KRLLSVSKASDSQED 24 76 QEKRNCLGTSEAQSN 24 97RVQVLKTVPVNLSLN 24 122 QYSISFPESSAIIPV 24 221 EYMYDQTSSGTFQYT 24 277ISKVRSVVMVVFSED 24 499 FRPMEEEFGPVPSKQ 24 548 MEAISEKYGLPVEKI 24 582IEHYSNEDTFILNME 24 98 VQVLKTVPVNLSLNQ 23 133 IIPVSGITVVKAEDF 23 362FSSQKGVKGLPLMIQ 23 438 LAAIPLQKKSDITYF 23 460 SQPVLFIPDVHFANL 23 533VFDALMLKSPTVKGL 23 571 KGILVNMDDNIIEHY 23 32 TKAMMSINGDEDSAA 22 116ENSKREQYSISFPES 22 167 RVVIFEQTQYDVPSL 22 220 EEYMYDQTSSGTFQY 22 227TSSGTFQYTLEATKS 22 328 IGNIEEIAYNAVSFT 22 455 MPDLHSQPVLFIPDV 22 463VLFIPDVHFANLQRT 22 469 VHFANLQRTGQVYYN 22 468 DVHFANLQRTGQVYY 21 562IAKLYKKSKKGILVN 21 563 AKLYKKSKKGILVNM 21 589 DTFILNMESMVEGFK 21 33KAMMSINGDEDSAAA 20 52 YDYYKVPRDKRLLSV 20 58 PRDKRLLSVSKASDS 20 138GITVVKAEDFTPVFM 20 281 RSVVMVVFSEDKNRD 20 313 QRVLDIADYKESFNT 20 340SFTWDVNEEAKIFIT 20 371 LPLMIQIDTYSYNNR 20 379 TYSYNNRSNKPIHRA 20 394YQDIKVFCDKGAERK 20 491 GSVLVKRMFRPMEEE 20 523 LLYVRKETDDVFDAL 20 536ALMLKSPTVKGLMEA 20 552 SEKYGLPVEKIAKLY 20 17 DEAWKSYLENPLTAA 19 20WKSYLENPLTAATKA 19 23 YLENPLTAATKAMMS 19 51 LYDYYKVPRDKRLLS 19 128PESSAIIPVSGITVV 19 250 PMTYLNKGQFYAITL 19 251 MTYLNKGQFYAITLS 19 257GQFYAITLSETGDNK 19 270 NKCFRHPISKVRSVV 19 338 AVSFTWDVNEEAKIF 19 341FTWDVNEEAKIFITV 19 348 EAKIFITVNCLSTDF 19 397 IKVFCDKGAERKIRD 19 415KQNRKKGKGQASQTQ 19 461 QPVLFIPDVHFANLQ 19 495 KRMFRPMEEEFGPVP 19 559VEKIAKLYKKSKKGI 19 587 MEDTFILNMESMVEG 19 588 EDTFILNMESMVEGF 19 11RAYTSEDEAWKSYLE 18 35 MMSINGDEDSAAALG 18 39 NGDEDSAAALGLLYD 18 131SAIIPVSGITVVKAE 18 139 ITVVKAEDFTPVFMA 18 148 TPVFMAPPVHYPRGD 18 153APPVHYPRGDGEEQR 18 155 PVHYPRGDGEEQRVV 18 168 VVIFEQTQYDVPSLA 18 174TQYDVPSLATHSAYL 18 197 DSTYSESFKDAATEK 18 298 LKYWKYWHSRQHTAK 18 300YWKYWHSRQHTAKQR 18 322 KESFNTIGNIEEIAY 18 333 EIAYNAVSFTWDVNE 18 448DITYFKTMPDLHSQP 18 22 SYLENPLTAATKAMM 17 25 ENPLTAATKAMMSIN 17 45AAALGLLYDYYKVPR 17 47 ALGLLYDYYKVPRDK 17 79 RNCLGTSEAQSNLSG 17 93GGENRVQVLKTVPVN 17 107 NLSLNQDHLENSKRE 17 185 SAYLKDDQRSTPDST 17 240KSLRQKQGEGPMTYL 17 259 FYAITLSETGDNKCF 17 295 DEQLKYWKYWHSRQH 17 342TWDVNEEAKIFITVN 17 364 SQKGVKGLPLMIQID 17 365 QKGVKGLPLMIQIDT 17 428TQCNSSSDGKLAAIP 17 482 YNTDDEREGGSVLVK 17 483 NTDDEREGGSVLVKR 17 484TDDEREGGSVLVKRM 17 488 REGGSVLVKRMFRPM 17 530 TDDVFDALMLKSPTV 17 535DALMLKSPTVKGLME 17 551 ISEKYGLPVEKIAKL 17 554 KYGLPVEKIAKLYKK 17 564KLYKKSKKGILVNMD 17 595 MESMVEGFKVTLMEI 17 26 MPLTAATKAMMSING 16 37SINGDEDSAAALGLL 16 54 YYKVPRDKRLLSVSK 16 59 RDKRLLSVSKASDSQ 16 85SEAQSNLSGGENRVQ 16 94 GENRVQVLKTVPVNL 16 104 VPVNLSLNQDHLENS 16 145EDFTPVFMAPPVHYP 16 178 VPSLATHSAYLKDDQ 16 206 DAATEKFRSASVGAE 16 208ATEKFRSASVGAEEY 16 219 AEEYMYDQTSSGTFQ 16 253 YLNKGQFYAITLSET 16 256KGQFYAITLSETGDN 16 280 VRSVVMVVFSEDKNR 16 307 RQHTAKQRVLDIADY 16 327TIGNIEEIAYNAVSF 16 330 NIEEIAYNAVSFTWD 16 349 AKIFITVNCLSTDFS 16 351IFITVNCLSTDFSSQ 16 391 HRAYCQIKVFCDKGA 16 396 QIKVFCDKGAERKIR 16 431NSSSDGKLAAIPLQK 16 458 LHSQPVLFIPDVHFA 16 490 GGSVLVKRMFRPMEE 16 495VKRMFRPMEEEFGPV 16 528 KETDDVFDALMLKSP 16 534 FDALMLKSPTVKGLM 16 542PTVKGLMEAISEKYG 16 556 GLPVEKIAKLYKKSK 16 570 KKGILVNMDDNIIEH 16 586SNEDTFILNMESMVE 16 1 MPSDPPFNTRRAYTS 15 19 AWKSYLENPLTAATK 15 24LENPLTAATKAMMSI 15 57 VPRDKRLLSVSKASD 15 147 FTPVFMAPPVHYPRG 15 166QRVVIFEQTQYDVPS 15 190 DDQRSTPDSTYSESF 15 211 KFRSASVGAEEYMYD 15 312KQRVLDIADYKESFN 15 325 FNTIGNIEEIAYNAV 15 347 EEAKIFITVNCLSTD 15 368VKGLPLMIQIDTYSY 15 378 DTYSYNNRSNKPIHR 15 435 DGLKAAIPLQKKSDI 15 446KSDITYFKTMPDLHS 15 487 EREGGSVLVKRMFRP 15 492 SVLVKRMFRPMEEEF 15 500RPMEEEFGPVPSKQM 15 544 VKGLMEAISEKYGLP 15 545 KGLMEAISEKYGLPV 15

TABLE XLVI V2-HLA-DRB1-0101-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino adds, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 8 NKRLVALVPMPSDPP 3111 LVALVPMPSDPPFNT 29 5 SDNNKRLVALVPMPS 25 6 DNNKRLVALVPMPSD 17 12VALVPMPSDPPFNTR 17 9 KRLVALVPMPSDPPF 15

TABLE XLVI V4-HLA-DRB1-0101-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino adds, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 10 TKAMMIINGDEDSAA 2511 KAMMIINGDEDSAAA 20 1 YLENPLTAATKAMMI 19 13 MMIINGDEDSAAALG 18 3ENPLTAATKAMMIIN 17 4 NPLTAATKAMMIING 16 12 AMMIINGDEDSAAAL 16 15IINGDEDSAAALGLL 16 2 LENPLTAATKAMMII 15 14 MIINGDEDSAAALGL 14

TABLE XLVI V5-HLA-DRB1-0101-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino adds, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 15 QRQNRKKGKGQASQT 137 ERKIRDEEQKQNRKK 12 14 EQKQNRKKGKGQASQ 12 4 KGAERKIRDEEQKQN 10 11RDEEQKQNRKKGKGQ 10 9 KIRDEEQKQNRKKGK 6

TABLE XLVI V5 & 6-HLA-DRB1-0101-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 14 amino adds, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 9 QKQNRKNGKGQASQT 13 1ERKIRDEEQKQNRKN 12 8 EQKQNRKNGKGQASQ 12 5 RDEEQKQNRKNGKGQ 9 3KIRDEEQKQNRKNGK 6

TABLE XLVI V6-HLA-DRB1-0101-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino adds, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 10 KQNRKNGKGQASQTQ 179 RKQNRKNGKGQASQT 13 13 RKNGKGQASQTQCNS 13 1 ERKIRDEERKQNRKN 12 8ERKQNRKNGKGQASQ 12 5 RDEERKQNRKNGKGQ 11 12 NRKNGKGQASQTQCN 10

TABLE XLVI V8-HLA-DRB1-01010-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino adds, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 1 DDVFDALMLKSPTVM 27 4FDALMLKSPTVMGLM 24 11 SPTVMGLMEAISEKY 24 12 PTVMGLMEAISEKYG 24 3VFDALMLKSPTVMGL 23 6 ALMLKSPTVMGLMEA 19 5 DALMLKSPTVMGLME 16 9LKSPTVMGLMEAISE 16 14 VMGLMEAISEKYGLP 15 15 MGLMEAISEKYGLPV 15 8MLKSPTVMGLMEAIS 14

TABLE XLVII V1-HLA-DRB1-0301-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino adds, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 54 YYKVPRDKRLLSVSK 29185 SAYLKDDQRSTPDST 27 289 SEDKNRDEQLKYWKY 27 572 GILVNMDDNIIEHYS 27 595MESMVEGFKVTLMEI 27 165 EQRVVIFEQTQYDVP 26 285 MVVFSEDKNRDEQLK 26 325FNTIGNIEEIAYNAV 26 471 FANLQRTGQVYYNTD 26 112 QDHLENSKREQYSIS 25 248EGPMTYLNKGQFYAI 25 314 RVLDIADYKESFNTI 25 338 AVSFTWDVNEEAKIF 25 495VKRMFRPMEEEFGPV 24 35 MMSINGDEDSAAALG 22 37 SINGDEDSAAALGLL 22 47ALGLLYDYYKVPRDK 22 97 RVQVLKTVPVNLSLN 22 396 QIKVFCDKGAERKIR 22 460SQPVLFIPDVHFANL 22 60 DKRLLSVSKASDSQE 21 107 NLSLNQDHLENSKRE 21 147FTPVFMAPPVHYPRG 21 277 ISKVRSVVMVVFSED 21 462 PVLFIPDVHFANLQR 21 554KYGLPVEKIAKLYKK 21 136 VSGITVVKAEDFTPV 20 355 VNCLSTDFSSQKGVK 20 372PLMIQIDTYSYNNRS 20 429 QCNSSSDGKLAAIPL 20 463 VLFIPDVHFANLQRT 20 526VRKETDDVFDALMLK 20 536 ALMLKSPTVKGLMEA 20 544 VKGLMEAISEKYGLP 20 103TVPVNLSLNQDHLEN 19 140 TVVKAEDFTPVFMAP 19 282 SVVMVVFSEDKNRDE 19 371LPLMIQIDTYSYNNR 19 405 AERKIRDEERKQNRK 19 440 AIPLQKKSDITYFKT 19 519TKRVLLYVRKETDDV 19 523 LLYVRKETDDVFDAL 19 17 DEAWKSYLENPLTAA 18 25ENPLTAATKAMMSIN 18 65 SVSKASDSQEDQEKR 18 156 VHYPRGDGEEQRVVI 18 184HSAYLKDDQRSTPDS 18 201 SESFKDAATEKFRSA 18 284 VMVVFSEDKNRDEQL 18 406ERKIRDEERKQNRKK 18 438 LAAIPLQKKSDITYF 18 480 VYYNTDDEREGGSVL 18 520KRVLLYVRKETDDVF 18 541 SPTVKGLMEAISEKY 18 574 LVNMDDNIIEHYSNE 18 48LGLLYDYYKVPRDKR 17 53 DYYKVPRDKRLLSVS 17 69 ASDSQEDQEKRNCLG 17 80NCLSTSEAQSNLSGG 17 88 QSNLSGGENRVQVLK 17 104 VPVNLSLNQDHLENS 17 167RVVIFEQTQYDVPSL 17 263 TLSETGDNKCFRHPI 17 315 VLDIADYKESFNTIG 17 342TWDVNEEAKIFITVN 17 348 EAKITITVNCLSTDF 17 368 VKGLPLMIQIDTYSY 17 492SVLVKRMFRPMEEEF 17 498 KRMFRPMEEEFGPVP 17 513 QMKEEGTKRVLLYVR 17 521RVLLYVRKETDDVFD 17 545 KGLMEAISEKYGLPV 17 556 GLPVEKIAKLYKKSK 17 562IAKLYKKSKKGILVN 17 579 DNIIEHYSNEDTFIL 17 592 ILNMESMVEGFKVTL 17 71DSQEDQEKRNCLGTS 16 99 QVLKTVPVNLSLNQD 16 213 RSASVGAEEYMYDQT 16 229SGTFQYTLEATKSLR 16 453 KTMPDLHSQPVLFIP 16 479 QVYYNTDDEREGGSV 16 559VEKIAKLYKKSKKGI 16 563 AKLYKKSKKGILVNM 16 588 EDTFILNMESMVEGF 16 2PSDPPFNTRRAYTSE 15 13 YTSEDEAWKSYLENP 15 305 HSRQHTAKQRVLDIA 15 322KESFNTIGNIEEIAY 15 512 KQMKEEGTKRVLLYV 15 535 DALMLKSPTVKGLME 15 546GLMEAISEKYGLPVE 15 98 VQVLKTVPVNLSLNQ 14 225 DQTSSGTFQYTLEAT 14 261AITLSETGDNKCFRH 14 262 ITLSETGDNKCFRHP 14 468 DVHFANLQRTGQVYY 14 488REGGSVLVKRMFRPM 14 560 NIIEHYSNEDTFILN 14

TABLE XLVI V2-HLA-DRB1-0301-15mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 14 LVPMPSDPPFNTRRA 2312 VALVPMPSDPPFNTR 20 11 LVALVPMPSDPPFNT 13 9 KRLYALVPMPSDPPF 12 8NKRLVALVPMPSDPP 11

TABLE XLVI-V4 HLA-DRB1-0301-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 13 MMIINGDEDSAAALG 2215 IINGDEDSAAALGLL 22  3 ENPLTAATKAMMIIN 18 12 AMMIINGDEDSAAAL 17 11KAMMIINGDEDSAAA 12 10 TKAMMIINGDEDSAA 10

TABLE XLVI-V5 HLA-DRB1-0301-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 6 AERKIRDEEQKQNRK 20 7ERKIRDEEQKQNRKK 18 8 RKIRDEEQKQNRKKG  9 9 KIRDEEQKQNRKKGK  9

TABLE XLVI-V5 & 6 HLA-DRB1-0301-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is aportion of SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length ofpeptide is 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is thestart position plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 1ERKIRDEEQKQNRKN 18  2 RKIRDEEQKQNRKNG 9 3 KIRDEEQKQNRKNGK 9 6DEEQKQNRKNGKGQA 8 7 EEQKQNRKNGKGQAS 8 9 QKQNRKNGKGQASQT 8

TABLE XLVI-V6 HLA-DRB1-0301-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 1 ERKIRDEERKQNRKN 18 2 RKIRDEERKQNRKNG 9 3 KIRDEERKQNRKNGK 9 5 RDEERKQNRKNGKGQ 8 6EERKQNRKNGKGQA 8 7 EERKQNRKNGKGQAS 8 9 KQNRKNGKGQASQT 8 11 QNRKNGKGQASQTQC 8

TABLE XLVI-V8 HLA-DRB1-0301-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score  6 ALMLKSPTVMGLMEA 2014 VMGLMEAISEKYGLP 20 11 SPTVMGLMEAISEKY 17 15 MGLMEAISEKYGLPV 17  5DALMLKSPTVMGLME 14  4 FDALMLKSPTVMGLM 12 12 PTVMGLMEAISEKYG 12

TABLE XLVIII-V1 HLA-DR1-0401-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 184 HSAYLKDDQRSTPDS 28231 TFQYTLEATKSLRQK 28 338 AVSFTWDVNEEAKIF 28 462 PVLFIPDVHFNALQR 28 468DVHFANLQRTGQVYY 28 503 EEEFGPVPSKQMKEE 28 582 IEHYSNEDTFILNME 28  54YYKVPRDKRLLSVSK 26  95 ENRVQVLKTVPVNLS 26 175 QYDVPSLATHSAYLK 26 274RHPISKVRSVVMVVF 26 281 RSVVMVVFSEDKNRD 26 352 FITVNCLSTDFSSQK 26 355VNCLSTDFSSQKGVK 26 406 ERKIRDEERKQNRKK 26 452 FKTMPDLHSQPVLFI 26 511SKQMKEEGTKRVLLY 26  10 RRAYTSEDEAWKSYL 22  51 LYDYYKVPRDKRLLS 22 201SESFKDAATEKFRSA 22 219 AEEYMYDQTSSGTFQ 22 256 KGQFYAITLSETGDN 22 285MVVFSEDKNRDEQLK 22 297 QLKYWKYWHSRQHTA 22 300 YWKYWHSRQHTAKQR 22 322KESFNTIGNIEEIAY 22 349 AKIFITVNCLSTDFS 22 377 IDTYSYNNRSNKPIH 22  21KSYLENPLTAATKAM 20  25 ENPLTAATKAMMSIN 20  35 MMSINGDEDSAAALG 20  45AAALGLLYDYYKVPR 20  88 QSNLSGGENRVQVLK 20  98 VQVLKTVPVNLSLNQ 20 101LKTVPVNLSLNQDHL 20 107 NLSLNQDHLENSKRE 20 122 QYSISFPESSAIIPV 20 130SSAIIPVSGITVVKA 20 133 IIPVSGITVVKAEDF 20 139 ITVVKAEDFTPVFMA 20 165EQRVVIFEQTQYDVP 20 166 QRVVIFEQTQYDVPS 20 167 RVVIFEQTQYDVPSL 20 185SAYLKDDQRSTPDST 20 220 EEYMYDQTSSGTFQY 20 233 QYTLEATKSLRQKQG 20 259FYAITLSETGDNKCF 20 282 SVVMVVFSEDKNRDE 20 313 QRVLDIADYKESFNT 20 328IGNIEEIAYNAVSFT 20 342 TWDVNEEAKIFITVN 20 348 EAKIFITVNCLSTDF 20 365QKGVKGLPLMIQIDT 20 368 VKGLPLMIQIDTYSY 20 371 LPLMIQIDTYSYNNR 20 372PLMIQIDTYSYNNRS 20 387 NKPIHRAYCQIKVFC 20 394 YCQIKVFCDKGAERK 20 435DGKLAAIPLQKKSDI 20 446 KSDITYFKTMPDLHS 20 463 VLFIPDVHFANLQRT 20 466IPDVHFANLQRTGQV 20 519 TKRVLLYVRKETDDV 20 530 TDDVFDALMLKSPTV 20 541SPTVKGLMEAISEKY 20 544 VKGLMEAISEKYGLP 20 554 KYGLPVEKIAKLYKK 20 556GLPVEKIAKLYKKSK 20 559 VEKIAKLYKKSKKGI 20 572 GILVNMDDNIIEHYS 20 579DNIIEHYSNEDTFIL 20   1 MPSDPPFNTRRAYTS 18  18 EAWKSYLENPLTAAT 18  24LENPLTAATKAMMSI 18  36 MSINGDEDSAAALGL 18  57 VPRDKRLLSVSKASD 18  65SVSKASDSQEDQEKR 18  71 DSQEDQEKRNCLGTS 18  76 QEKRNCLGTSEAQSN 18  80NCLGTSEAQSNLSGG 18  81 CLGTSEAQSNLSGGE 18  89 SNLSGGENRVQVLKT 18 104VPVNLSLNQDHLENS 18 123 YSISFPESSAIIPVS 18 158 YPRGDGEEQRVVIFE 18 159PRGDGEEQRVVIFEQ 18 172 EQTQYDVPSLATHSA 18 206 DAATEKFRSASVGAE 18 267TGDNKCFRHPISKVR 18 305 HSRQHTAKQRVLDIA 18 319 ADYKESFNTIGNIEE 18 329GNIEEIAYNAVSFTW 18 442 PLQKKSDITYFKTMP 18 533 VFDALMLKSPTVKGL 18 576NMDDNIIEHYSNEDT 18 586 SNEDTFILNMESMVE 18 250 PMTYLNKGQFYAITL 17 301WKYWHSRQHTAKQRV 17 379 TYSYNNRSNKPIHRA 17 522 VLLYVRDETDDVFDA 17  17DEAWKSYLENPLTAA 16  20 WKSYLENPLTAATKA 16  52 YDYYKVPRKKRLLSV 16 120REQYSISFPESSAII 16 144 AEDFTPVFMAPPVHY 16 155 PVHYPRGDGEEQRVV 16 197DSTYSESFKDAATEK 16 209 TEKFRSASVGAEEYM 16 221 EYMYDQTSSGTFQYT 16 229SGTFQYTLEATKSLR 16 257 GQFYAITLSETGDNK 16 270 NKCFRHPISKVRSVV 16 298LKYWKYWHSRQHTAK 16 318 IADYKESFNTIGNIE 16 333 EIAYNAVSFTWDVNE 16 340SFTWDVNEEAKIFIT 16 391 HRAYCQIKVFCDKGA 16 449 ITYFKTMPDLHSQPV 16 479QVYYNTDDEREGGSV 16 531 DDVFDALMLKSPTVK 16 552 SEKYGLPVEKIAKLY 16 563AKLYKKSKKGILVNM 16 588 EDTFILNMESMVEGF 16  32 TKAMMSINGDEDSAA 14  33KAMMSINGDEDSAAA 14  47 ALGLLYDYYKVPRDK 14  60 DKRLLSVSKASDSQE 14  61KRLLSVSKASDSQED 14  63 LLSVSKASDSQEDQE 14  79 RNCLGTSEAQSNLSG 14  97RVQVLKTVPVNLSLN 14 103 TVPVNLSLNQDHLEN 14 112 QDHLENSKREQYSIS 14 131SAIIPVSGITVVKAE 14 136 VSGITVVKAEDFTPV 14 138 GITVVKAEDFTPVFM 14 147FTPVFMAPPVHYPRG 14 149 PVFMAPPVHYPRGDG 14 178 VPSLATHSAYLKDDQ 14 214SASVGAEEYMYDQTS 14 248 EGPMTYLNKGQFYAI 14 251 MTYLNKGQFYAITLS 14 277ISKVRSVVMVVFSED 14 280 VRSVVMVVFSEDKNR 14 284 VMVVFSEDKNRDEQL 14 295DEQLKYWKYWHSRQH 14 312 KQRVLDIADYKESFN 14 315 VLDIADYKESFNTIG 14 325FNTIGNIEEIAYNAV 14 331 IEEIAYNAVSFTWDV 14 370 GLPLMIQIDTYSYNN 14 396QIKVFGDKGAERKIR 14 438 LAAIPLQKKSDITYF 14 455 MPDLHSQPVLFIPDV 14 460SQPVLFIPDVHFANL 14 461 QPVLFIPDVHFANLQ 14 471 FANLQRTGQVYYNTD 14 492SVLVKRMFRPMEEEF 14 499 FRPMEEEFGPVPSKQ 14 520 KRVLLYVRKETDDVF 14 523LLYVRKETDDVFDAL 14 535 DALMLKSPTVKGLME 14 536 ALMLKSPTVKGLMEA 14 545KGLMEAISEKYGLPV 14 570 KKGILVNMDDNIIEH 14 571 KGILVNMDDNIIEHY 14 578DDNIIEHYSNEDTFI 14 589 DTFILNMESMVEGFK 14 590 TFILNMESMVEGFKV 14 592ILNMESMVEGFKVTL 14 595 MESMVEGFKVTLMEI 14

TABLE XLVIII-V2 HLA-DR1-0401-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 8 NKRLVALVPMPSDPP 2014  LVPMPSDPPFNTRRA 20 9 KRLVALVPMPSDPPF 14 11  LVALVPMPSDPPFNT 14 2SQESDNNKRLVALVP 12 6 DNNKRLVALVPMPSD 12

TABLE XLVIII-V4 HLA-DR1-0401-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score  3 ENPLTAATKAMMIIN 2013 MMIINGDEDSAAALG 20  2 LENPLTAATKAMMII 18 14 MIINGDEDSAAALGL 18 10TKAMMIINGDEDSAA 14 11 KAMMIINGDEDSAAA 14 12 AMMIINGDEDSAAAL 14  6LTAATKAMMIINGDE 12  9 ATKAMMIINGDEDSA 12 15 IINGDEDSAAALGLL 12

TABLE XLVIII-V5 HLA-DR1-0401-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 7 ERKIRDEEQKQNRKK 26 4KGAERKIRDEEQKQN 12 6 AERKIRDEEQKQNRK 12 9 KIRDEEQKQNRKKGK 12

TABLE XLVIII-V5 & 6 HLA-DR1-0401-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is aportion of SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length ofpeptide is 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is thestart position plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 1ERKIRDEEQKQNRKN 26 3 KIRDEEQKQNRKNGK 12

TABLE XLVIII-V6 HLA-DR1-0401-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score  1 ERKIRDEERKQNRKN 2613 RKNGKGQASQTQCNS 12 14 KNGKGQASQTQCNSS 12 15 NGKGQASQTQCNSSS 12

TABLE XLVIII-V8 HLA-DR1-0401-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portionof SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptideis 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 score 11  SPTVMGLMEAISEKY 2014  VMGLMEAISEKYGLP 20 3 VFDALMLKSPTVMGL 18 1 DDVFDALMLKSPTVM 16 5DALMLKSPTVMGLME 14 6 ALMLKSPTVMGLMEA 14 15  MGLMEAISEKYGLPV 14 13 TVMGLMEAISEKYGL 12 4 FDALMLKSPTVMGLM  9

TABLE XLIX-V1 HLA-DRB1-1101-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 Score  51 LYDYYKVPRDKRLLS 25144 AEDFTPVFMAPPVHY 24 197 DSTYSESFKDAATEK 24 468 DVHFANLQRTGQVVY 24 248EGPMTYLNKGQFYAI 22 271 KCFRHPISKVRSVVM 22 449 ITYFKTMPDLHSQPV 22 496KRMFRPMEEEFGPVP 22 531 DDVFDALMLKSPTVK 22  54 YYKVPRDKRLLSVSK 21  94GENRVQVLKTVPVNL 21  60 DKRLLSVSKASDSQE 20 185 SAYLKDDQRSTPDST 20 297QLKYWKYWHSRQHTA 20 338 AVSFTWDVNEEAKIF 20 462 PVLFIPDVHFANLQR 20 492SVLVKRMFRPMEEEF 20 520 KRVLLYVRKETDDVF 20 556 GLPVEKIAKLYKKSK 20 559VEKIAKLYKKSKKGI 20  98 VQVLKTVPVNLSLNQ 19 133 IIPVSGITVVKAEDF 19 541SPTVKGLMEAISEKY 19 552 SEKYGLPVEKIAKLY 19 563 AKLYKKSKKGILVNM 19 175QYDVPSLATHSAYLK 18 301 WKYWHSRQHTAKQRV 18 352 FITVNCLSTDFSSQK 18 377IDTYSYNNRSNKPIH 18 488 REGGSVLVKRMFRPM 18 545 KGLMEAISEKYGLPV 18 124SISFPESSAIIPVSG 17 168 VVIFEQTQYDVPSLA 17 284 VMVVFSEDKNRDEQL 17 318IADYKESFNTIGNIE 17 359 STDFSSQKGVKGLPL 17 361 DFSSQKGVKGLPLMI 17 479QVYYNTDDEREGGSV 17   4 DPPFNTRRAYTSEDE 16  20 WKSYLENPLTAATKA 16  25ENPLTAATKAMMSIN 16 120 REQYSISFPESSAII 16 135 PVSGITVVKAEDFTP 16 148TPVFMAPPVHYPRGD 16 149 PVFMAPPVHYPRGDG 16 203 SFKDAATEKFRSASV 16 205KDAATEKFRSASVGA 16 219 AEEYMYDQTSSGTFQ 16 250 PMTYLNKGQFYAITL 16 256KGQFYAITLSETGDN 16 257 GQFYAITLSETGDNK 16 300 YWKYWHSRQHTAKQR 16 322KESFNTIGNIEEIAY 16 333 EIAYNAVSFTWDVNE 16 348 EAKIFITVNCLSTDF 16 349AKIFITVNCLSTDFS 16 391 HRAYCQIKVFCDKGA 16 480 VYYNTDDEREGGSVL 16 503EEEFGPVPSKQMKEE 16 519 TKRVLLYVRKETDDV 16 136 VSGITVVKAEDFTPV 15 267TGDNKCFRHPISKVR 15 277 ISKVRSVVMVVFSED 15 410 RDEERKQNRKKGKGQ 15 412EERKQNRKKGKGQAS 15 490 GGSVLVKRMFRPMEE 15  48 LGLLYDYYKVPRDKR 14 112QDHLENSKREQYSIS 14 150 VFMAPPVHYPRGDGE 14 152 MAPPVHYPRGDGEEQ 14 280VRSVVMVVFSEDKNR 14 342 TWDVNEEAKIFITVN 14 384 NRSNKPIHRAYCQIK 14 406ERKIRDEERKQNRKK 14 414 RKQNRKKGKGQASQT 14 429 QCNSSSDGKLAAIPL 14 437KLAAIPLQKKSDITY 14 438 LAAIPLQKKSDITYF 14 445 KKSDITYFKTMPDLH 14 451YFKTMPDLHSQPVLF 14 489 EGGSVLVKRMFRPME 14 507 GPVPSKQMKEEGTKR 14 530TDDVFDALMLKSPTV 14 532 DVFDALMLKSPTVKG 14 553 EKYGLPVEKIAKLYK 14 562IAKLYKKSKKGILVN 14 576 NMDDNIIEHYSNEDT 14 586 SNEDTFILNMESMVE 14 592ILNMESMVEGFKVTL 14 595 MESMVEGFKVTLMEI 14  47 ALGLLYDYYKVPRDK 13  52YDYYKVPRDKRLLSV 13  58 PRDKRLLSVSKASDS 13  61 KRLLSVSKASDSQED 13  95ENRVQVLKTVPVNLS 13 230 GTFQYTLEATKSLRQ 13 274 RHPISKVRSVVMVVF 13 278SKVRSVVMVVFSEDK 13 281 RSVVMVVFSEDKNRD 13 312 KQRVLDIADYKESFN 13 365QKGVKGLPLMIQIDT 13 393 AYCQIKVFCDKGAER 13 394 YCQIKVFCDKGAERK 13 435DGKLAAIPLQKKSDI 13 461 QPVLFIPDVHFANLQ 13 499 FRPMEEEFGPVPSKQ 13 535DALMLKSPTVKGLME 13 571 KGILVNMDDNIIEHY 13 589 DTFILNMESMVEGFK 13  10RRAYTSEDEAWKSYL 12  29 TAATKAMMSINGDED 12  32 TKAMMSINGDEDSAA 12  33KAMMSINGDEDSAAA 12  35 MMSINGDEDSAAALG 12  45 AAALGLLYDYYKVPR 12  49GLLYDYYKVPRDKRL 12  76 QEKRNCLGTSEAQSN 12 107 NLSLNQDHLENSKRE 12 119KREQYSISFPESSAI 12 127 FPESSAIIPVSGITV 12 130 SSAIIPVSGITVVKA 12 138GITVVKAEDFTPVFM 12 217 VGAEEYMYDQTSSGT 12 231 TFQYTLEATKSLRQK 12 236LEATKSLRQKQGEGP 12 239 TKSLRQKQGEGPMTY 12 295 DEQLKYWKYWHSRQH 12 313QRVLDIADYKESFNT 12 325 FNTIGNIEEIAYNAV 12 328 IGNIEEIAYNAVSFT 12 340SFTWDVNEEAKIFIT 12 368 VKGLPLMIQIDTYSY 12 370 GLPLMIQIDTYSYNN 12 371LPLMIQIDTYSYNNR 12 397 IKVFCDKGAERKIRD 12 448 DITYFKTMPDLHSQP 12 452FKTMPDLHSQPVLFI 12 460 SQPVLFIPDVHFANL 12 463 VLFIPDVHFANLQRT 12 478GQVYYNTDDEREGGS 12 575 VNMDDNIIEHYSNED 12 590 TFILNMESMVEGFKV 12

TABLE XLIX-V2 HLA-DRB1-1101-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 5; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 Score 8 NKRLVALVPMPSDPP 2011  LVALVPMPSDPPFNT 18 2 SQESDNNKRLVALVP 15 5 SDNNKRLVALVPMPS 15 9KRLVALVPMPSDPPF 12 1 MSQESDNNKRLVALV 10

TABLE XLIX-V4 HLA-DRB1-1101-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 Score  3 ENPLTAATKAMMIIN 16 7 TAATKAMMIINGDED 12 10 TKAMMIINGDEDSAA 12 11 KAMMIINGDEDSAAA 12 12AMMIINGDEDSAAAL 12 13 MMIINGDEDSAAALG 12  1 YLENPLTAATKAMMI  7

TABLE XLIX-V5 HLA-DRB1-1101-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 Score 11 RDEEQKQNRKKGKGQ 1513 EEQKQNRKKGKGQAS 15 15 QKQNRKKGKGQASQT 14  1 FCDKGAERKIRDEEQ 10  3DKGAERKIRDEEQKQ  8  8 RKIRDEEQKQNRKKG  8 12 DEEQKQNRKKGKGQA  8

TABLE XLIX-V5 & 6 HLA-DRB1-1101-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is aportion of SEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length ofpeptide is 14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is thestart position plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 Score 5RDEEQKQNRKNGKGQ 14  9 QKQNRKNGKGQASQT 14  2 RKIRDEEQKQNRKNG 8 6DEEQKQNRKNGKGQA 8 7 EQKQNRKNGKGQAS 7 1 ERKIRDEEQKQNRKN 6

TABLE XLIX-V6 HLA-DRB1-1101-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 Score 1 ERKIRDEERKQNRKN 14 5 RDEERKQNRKNGKGQ 14  9 RKQNRKNGKGQASQT 14  2 RKIRDEERKQNRKNG 8 6DEERKQNRKNGKGQA 8 7 ERKQNRKNGKGQAS 7 10  KQNRKNGKGQASQTQ 6

TABLE XLIX-V8 HLA-DRB1-1101-15 mers-202P5A5 Each peptide is a portion ofSEQ ID NO: 3; each start position is specified, the length of peptide is14 amino acids, and the end position for each peptide is the startposition plus fourteen. Pos 123456789012345 Score 11  SPTVMGLMEAISEKY 2014  VMGLMEAISEKYGLP 20 3 VFDALMLKSPTVMGL 18 1 DDVFDALMLKSPTVM 16 5DALMLKSPTVMGLME 14 6 ALMLKSPTVMGLMEA 14 15  MGLMEAISEKYGLPV 14 13 TVMGLMEAISEKYGL 12 4 FDALMLKSPTVMGLM  9

TABLE L Protein Characteristics of 202P5A5 Bioinformatic Program URLOutcome ORF ORF finder 1829 bp Protein length 609aa Transmembrane regionTM Pred http://www.ch.embnet.org/ no TM HMMTophttp://www.enzim.hu/hmmtop/ no TM Sosui http://www.genome.ad.jp/SOSui/soluble protein TMHMM http://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/TMHMM no TM,extracellular Signal Peptide Signal Phttp://www.cbs.dtu.dk/services/SignalP/ no signal peptide pI pI/MW toolhttp://www.expasy.ch/tools/ pI 6.05 Molecular weight pI/MW toolhttp://www.expasy.ch/tools/ 63.6 kD Localization PSORThttp://psort.nibb.ac.jp/ 76% nuclear, 30% microbody 61% nuclear, 22%Motifs PSORT II http://psort.nibb.ac.jp/ milochondrial Pfamhttp://www.sanger.ac.uk/Pfam/ CP2 transcription factor Printshttp://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/ Fibronetin type III repeat Blockshttp://www.blocks.fhcrc.org/ M protein repeat

TABLE LI Exon boundaries of transcript 202P5A05 v.1 Exon Number StartEnd Length 1 1 196 196 2 197 264 68 3 265 658 394 4 659 714 56 5 715 871157 6 872 983 112 7 984 1078 95 8 1079 1237 159 9 1238 1325 88 10 13261465 140 11 1466 1497 32 12 1498 1592 95 13 1593 1678 86 14 1679 1743 6515 1744 4746 3002

TABLE LII(a) Nucleotide sequence of transcript variant 202P5A05 v.2 (SEQID NO: 96) attggatcaa acatgtcaca agagtcggac aataataaaa gactagtggccctagtgccc   60 atgcccagtg accctccatt caatacccga agagcctaca ccagtgaggatgaagcctgg  120 aagtcatact tggagaatcc cctgacagca gccaccaagg ccatgatgagcattaatggt  180 gatgaggaca gtgctgctgc cctcggcctg ctctatgact actacaaggttcctcgagac  240 aagaggctgc tgtctgtaag caaagcaagt gacagccaag aagaccaggagaaaagaaac  300 tgccttggca ccagtgaagc ccagactaat ttgagtggag gagaaaaccgagtgcaagtc  360 ctaaagactg ttccagtgaa cctttcccta aatcaagatc acctggagaattccaagcgg  420 gaacagtaca gcatcagctt ccccgagagc tctgccatca tcccggtgtcgggaatcacg  480 gtggtgaaag ctgaagattt cacaccagtt ttcatggccc cacctgtgcactatccccgg  540 ggagatgggg aagagcaacg agtggttatc tttgaacaga ctcagtatgacgtgccctcg  600 ctggccaccc acagcgccca tctcaaagac gaccagcgca gcactccggacagcacatac  660 agcgagagct tcaaggacgc agccacagag aaatttcgga gtgcttcagttggggctgag  720 gagtacatgt atgatcagac atcaagtggc acatttcagt acaccctggaagccaccaaa  780 tctctccgtc agaagcaggg ggagggcccc atgacctacc tcaacaaaggacagttctat  840 gccataacac tcagcgagac cggagacaac aaatgcttcc gacaccccatcagcaaagtc  900 aggagtgtgg tgatggtggt cttcagtgaa gacaaaaaca gagatgaacagctcaaatac  960 tggaaatact ggcactctcg gcagcatacg gcgaagcaga gggtccttgacattgccgat 1020 tacaaggaga gctttaatac gattggaaac attgaacaga ttgcatataatgctgtttcc 1080 tttacctggg acgtgaatga agaggcgaag attttcatca ccgtgaattgcttgagcaca 1140 gatttctcct cccaaaaagg ggtgaaagga cttcctttga tgattcagattgacacatac 1200 agttataaca atcgtagcaa taaacccatt catagagctt attgccagatcaaggtcttc 1260 tgtgacaaag gagcagaaag aaaaatccga gatgaagagc ggaagcagaacaggaagaaa 1320 gggaaaggcc aggcatccca aactcaatgc aacagctcct ctgatgggaagttggctgcc 1380 atacctttac agaagaagag tgacatcacc tacttcaaaa ccatgcctgatctccactca 1440 cagccagctc tcttcatacc tgatgttcac tttgcaaacc tgcagaggaccggacaggtg 1500 tattacaaca cggatgatga acgagaaggt ggcagtgtcc ttgttaaacggatgttccgg 1560 cccatggaag aggagtttgg tccagtgcct tcaaagcaga tgaaagaagaagggacaaag 1620 cgagtgctct tgtacgtgag gaaggagact gacgatgtgt tcgatgcattgatgttgaag 1680 tctcccacag tgaagggcct gatggaagcg atatctgaga aatatgggctgcccgtggag 1740 aagatagcaa agctttacaa gaaaagcaaa aaaggcatct tggtgaacatggatgacaac 1800 atcatcgagc actactcgaa cgaggacacc ttcatcctca acatggagagcatggtggag 1860 ggcttcaagg tcacgctcat ggaaatctag ccctgggttt ggcatccgctttggctggag 1920 ctctcagtgc gttcctccct gagagagaca gaagccccag ccccagaacctggagaccca 1980 tctcccccat ctcacaactg ctgttacaag accgtgctgg ggagtggggcaagggacagg 2040 ccccactgtc ggtgtgcttg gcccatccac tggcacctac cacggagctgaagcctgagc 2100 ccctcaggaa ggtgccttag gcctgttgga ttcctattta ttgcccaccttttcctggag 2160 cccaggtcca ggcccgccag gactctgcag gtcactgcta gctccagatgagaccgtcca 2220 gcgttccccc ttcaagagaa acactcatcc cgaacagcct aaaaaattcccatcccttct 2280 ctctcacccc tccatatcta tctcccgagt ggctggacaa aatgagctacgtctgggtgc 2340 agtagttata ggtggggcaa gaggtggatg cccactttct ggtcagacacctttaggttg 2400 ctctggggaa ggctgtcttg ctaaatacct ccagggttcc cagcaagtggccaccaggcc 2460 ttgtacagga agacattcag tcaccgtgta attagtaaca cagaaagtctgcctgtctgc 2520 attgtacata gtgtttataa tattgtaata atatatttta cctgtggtatgtgggcatgt 2580 ttactgccac tggcctagag gagacacaga cctggagacc gttttaatgggggtttttgc 2640 ctctgtgcct gttcaagaga cttgcagggt taggtagagg gcctttgggatgttaaggtg 2700 actgcagctg atgccaagat ggactctgca atgggcatac ctgggggctcgttccctgtc 2760 cccagaggaa gccccctctc cttctccatg ggcatgactc tccttcgaggccaccacgtt 2820 tatctcacaa tgatgtgttt tgcttgactt tccctttgcg ctgtcttgtgggaaaggtca 2880 ttctgtctga gaccccagct ccttctccag ctttggctgc gggcatggcctgagctttct 2940 ggagagcctc tgcagggggt ttgccatcag ggccctgtgg ctgggtctgctgcagagctc 3000 cttggctatc aggagaatcc tggacactgt actgtgcctc ccagtttacaaacacgccct 3060 ccatctcaag tggcccttta aaaggcctgc tgccatgtga gagctgtgaacagctcagct 3120 ctgagtcggc aggctggggc ttcctcctgg gccaccagat ggaaagggggtattgtttgc 3180 ctcactcctg gatgctgcgt tttaaggaag tgagtgagaa agaatgtgccaagatacctg 3240 gctcctgtga aaccagcctc aggagggaaa ctgggagaga gaagctgtggtctcctgcta 3300 catgccctgg gagctggaag agaaaaacac tcccctaaac aatcgcaaaatgatgaacca 3360 tcatgggcca ctgttctctt tgaggggaca ggtttagggg tttgcgttcgcccttgtggg 3420 ctgaagcact agctttttgg tagctagaca catcctgcac ccaaaggttctctacaaagg 3480 cccagatttg tttgtaaagc actatgaccc ttacctggag gcccgctctctaagggcttc 3540 ctgcgctccc acatcatctg tccctgagat gcagagcagg atggagggtctgcttctagc 3600 tcagctgttt ctccttgagg ttgcggagga attgaattga atgggacagagggcaggtgc 3660 tgtggccaag aagatctccg agcagcagtg acggggcacc ttgctgtgtgtcctctgggc 3720 atgttaaccc ttctgtgggg ccaaaggttt gcatcgtgga tccagctgtgctccagtctg 3780 tcccctcctc ctccactctg actgccacgc cccggaccag cagcttggggaccctccagg 3840 gtactaatgg ggctctgttc tgagatggac aaattcagtg ttggaaatacatgttgtact 3900 atgcacttcc catgctccta gggttaggaa tagtttcaaa tatgattggcagacataaca 3960 acggcaaata ctcggactgg ggcataggac tccagagtag gaaaaagacaaaagatttgg 4020 cagcctgaca caggcaacct acccctctct ctccagcctc tttatgaaactgtttgtttg 4080 ccagtcctgc cctaaggcag aagatgaatt gaagatgctg tgcatgtttcctaagtcctt 4140 gagcaatcat ggtggtgaca attgccacaa gggatatgag gccagtgccaccagagggtg 4200 gtgccaagtg ccacatccct tccgatccat tcccctctgc atcctcggagcaccccagtt 4260 tgcctttgat gtgtccgctg tgtatgttag ctgaactttg atgagcaaaatttcctgagc 4320 gaaacactcc aaagagatag gaaaacttgc cgcctcttct tttttgtccattaatcaaac 4380 ttaaataagc ttaaaaaaaa tccatggaag atcatggaca tgtgaaatgagcattttttt 4440 cttttttttt tttaacaaag tctgaactga acagaacaag actttttcctcatacatctc 4500 caaattgttt aaacttactt tatgagtgtt tgtttagaag ttcggaccaacagaaaaatg 4560 cagtcagatg tcatcttgga attggtttct aaaagagtaa ggcatgtccctgcccagaaa 4620 cttaggaagc atgaaataaa tcaaatgttt attttccttc ttatttaaaatcatgcaaat 4680 gcaacagaaa tagagggttt gtgccaaatg ctatgaacgg ccctttcttaaagacaagca 4740 agggagattg atatatgtac aatttgctct catgttttaa aaaaaaaaggtaaatctaac 4800 ttaatagttt tgtaaatggg agagggggaa tctataaact ataaatacagttattttatt 4860 ttttgtacat ttttaaggag aaaaaaataa atattcataa cataagaggaaaa 4913

TABLE LIII(a) Nucleotide sequence alignment of 202P5A05 v2 (SEQ ID NO:97) and 202P5A05 v.1 (SEQ ID NIO: 98) v.1    1TAATAAAAGACTAGTGGCCTTAGTGCCCATGCCCAGTGACCCTCCATTCA  50||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||| ||||||||| ||||||||||| v.2   33taataaaagactagtggccttagtgcccatgcccagtgaccctccattca  82 v.1   51ATACCCGAAGAGCCTACACCAGTGAGGATGAAGCCTGGAAGTCATACTTG 100 | |||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||| | v.2   83atacccgaagagcctacaccagtcaggatgaagcctggaagtcatacttg 132  v.1  101GAGAATCCCCTGACAGCAGCCACCAAGGCCATGATGAGCATTAATGGTGA 150 ||||| ||||| ||| |||| ||||| |||| |||| ||| |||||||| v.2  133gagaatcccctgacagcagccaccaaggccatgatgagcattaatggtga 182  v.1  251TGAGGACAGTGCTGCTGCCCTCCCCCTCCTCTATGACTACTACAAGGTTG 200 ||||| ||||||||| |||| ||||||||| ||| ||| |||||||||| v.1  183tgaggacagtgctgctgccctcggcctgctctatgactactacaaggttc 232  v.1  201CTCGAGACAAGAGGCTGCTGTCTCTAAGCAAAGCAAGTGACAGCCAAGAA 250 | ||| ||||||||| |||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||| v.2  233ctcgagacaagaggctgctgtctgtaagcaaagcaagtgacagccaagaa 282  v.1  251GACCAGGAGAAAAGAAACTGCCTTGGCACCAGTGAAGCCCAGAGTAATTT 300 | |||||||| ||||| |||| ||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| v.2  283gaccaggagaaaagaaactgccttggcaccagtgaagcccagagtaattt 332  v.1  301GAGTGGAGGAGAAAACCGAGTGCAAGTCCTAAAGACTGTTCCAGTGAACC 350 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| || ||||||||| v.2  333gagtggaggagaaaaccgagtgcaagtcctaaagactgttccagtgaacc 382  v.1  351TTTGGCTAAATCAACATCACCTGGAGAATTCCAAGCGGGAACAGTACAGC 400 |||||| |||||| |||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| v.2  383tttccctaaatcaagatcacctggagaactccaagcgggaacagtacagc 432  v.1  401ATCAGCTTCCCCGAGAGCTCTGCCATCATCCCGGTGTCGGGAATCACCCT 450 || ||| |||| ||||| |||| |||| |||||||||||||||||||||| v.2  433atcagcttccccgagagctctgccatcatcccggtgtcgggaatcacggt 482  v.1  451GGTGAAAGCTGAAGATTCCACACCACTTTTCATGGCCCCACCTGTGCACT 500 || ||| |||| ||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||| | v.2  483ggtgaaagctgaagatttcacaccagttttcatggccccacctgtgcact 532  v.1  501ATCCCCGGGGAGATGGGGAAGAGCAACGAGTGGTTATCTTTGAACAGACT 550 || ||||||||||| ||||||| ||||||||||||||| || |||||||| v.2  533atccccggggagatggggaagagcaacgagtggttatctttgaacagact 582  v.1  551CACTATCACGTGCCCTCGCTGGCCACCCACAGCGCCTATCTCAAAGACGA 600 || |||||||| |||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||| v.2  583cagtatgacgtgccctcgctggccacccacagcgcctatctcaaagacga 632  v.1  601CCAGCGCAGCACTCCGGACAGCACATACAGCGAGAGCTTCAAGGACGCAG 650 |||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||| || |||||||| v.2  633ccagcgcagcactccggacagcacatacagcgagagcttcaaggacgcag 682  v.1  651CCACAGAGAAATTTCGGAGTGCTTCAGTTGGGGCTGAGGAGTACATCTAT 700 |||| ||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||| || |||||||| v.2  683ccacagagacatttcggagtgcttcagttggggctgaggagtacatgtat 732  v.1  701GATCAGACATCAAGTGGCACATTTCAGTACACCCTGGAAGCCACCAAATC 750 |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||| || |||||||| v.2  733gatcagacatcaagtggcacatttcagtacaccctggaagccaccaaatc 782  v.1  751TCTCCGTCAGAAGCAGGCCGAGGGCCCCATGACCTACCTCAACAAAGGAC 800 || ||||||||| ||| |||| |||||||||| |||| || |||||||| v.2  783tctccgtcagaagcagggggagggccccatgacctacctcaacaaaggac 832  v.1  801AGTTCTATGCCATAACACTCAGCGAGACCGGAGACAACAAATGCTTCCGA 850 || |||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||||| || |||||| | v.2  833agttctatgccataacactcagcgagaccggagacaacaaatgcttccga 882  v.1  851CACCCCATCAGCAAAGTCAGGAGTGTGGTGATGGTGGTCTTCAGTGAAGA 900 || |||||||| ||||| |||| ||||||||||||||| || |||||| | v.2  883caccccatcagcaaagtcaggagtgtggtgatggtggtcttcagtgaaga 932  v.1  901CAAAAACAGAGATGAACAGCTCAAATACTGGAAATACTGGCACTCTCGGC 950 || ||| |||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||| || |||||||| v.2  933caaaaacagagatgaacagctcaaatactggaaatactggcactctcggc 982  v.1  951AGCATACGGCGAAGCAGAGGGTCCTTGACATTGCCGATTACAAGGAGAGC 1000|||| || |||| ||| |||| |||||||||| ||| || ||||||||| v.2  983agcatacggcgaagcagagggtccttgacattgccgattacaaggagagc 1032 v.1 1001TTTAATACGATTGGAAACATTGAAGAGATTGCATATAATGCTGTTTCCTT 1050|| ||| |||| ||| ||||||||||||||| |||| || ||||||| v.2 1033tttaatacgattggaaacattgaagagattgcatataatgctgtttcctt 1082 v.1 1051TACCTGGGACGTGAATGAAGAGGCGAAGATTTTCATCACCGTGAATTCCT 1100|||| || |||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||| v.2 1083tacctgggacgtgaatgaagaggcgaagattttcatcaccgtgaattgct 1132 v.1 1101TGAGCACAGATTTCTCCTCCCAAAAAGGGGTGAAAGGACTTCCTTTGATG 1150|||| || |||||| || |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||| v.2 1133tgagcacagatttctcctcccaaaaaggggtgaaaggacttcctttgatg 1182 v.1 1151ATTCAGATTGACACATACAGTTATAACAATCGTAGCAATAAACCCATTCA 1200||||||| |||||| || |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||| v.2 1183attcagattgacacatacagttataacaatcgtagcaataaacccattca 1232 v.1 1201TAGAGCTTATTGCCAGATCAAGCTCTTCTGTGACAAAGGAGCAGAAAGAA 1250||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| || v.2 1233tagagcttattgccagatcaaggtcttctgtgacaaaggagcagaaagaa 1282 v.1 1251AAATCCGAGATGAAGAGCGGAAGCAGAACAGGAAGAAAGGGAAAGGCCAG 1300| |||||||||||||||||||| |||| |||||||||||| |||||| || v.2 1283aaatccgagatgaagagcggaagcagaacaggaagaaagggaaaggccag 1332 v.1 1301GCCTCCCAAACTCAATGCAACAGCTCCTCTGATGGCAAGTTCCCTCCCAT 1350|||||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||| || ||||||||| v.2 1333gcctcccaaactcaatgcaacagctcctctgatgggaagttggctgccat 1382 v.1 1351ACCTTTACAGAAGAAGAGTGACATCACCTACTTCAAAACCATGCCTGATC 1400||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| v.2 1383acctttacagaagaagagtgacatcacctacttcaaaaccatgcctgatc 1432 v.1 1401TCCACTCACAGCCAGTTCTCTTCATACCTGATGTCCATTTTGCAAACCTG 1450|||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||| || ||| |||||| ||| v.2 1433tccactcacagccagttctcttcatacctgatgttcactttgcaaacctg 1482 v.1 1451CAGAGGACCGGACAGGTGTATTACAACACGGATGATGAACCACAAGGTGG 1500 |||| |||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||||| || |||||| || v.2 1483cagaggaccggacaggtgtattacaacacggatgatgaacgagaaggtgg 1532 v.1 1501CAGTGTCCTTGTTAAACCCATGTTCCCGCCCATGGAAGAGGAGTTTGGTC 1550||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||| || |||| ||||||||||| v.2 1533cagtgtccttgttaaacggatgttccggcccatggaagaggagtttggtc 1582 v.1 1551CAGTGCCTTCAAAGCAGATGAAAGAAGAAGGGACAAAGCGAGTGCTCTTG 1600|||| ||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||| | v.2 1583cagtgccttcaaagcagatgaaagaagaagggacaaagcgagtgctcttg 1632 v.1 1601TACGTGAGGAAGGAGACTGACGATGTGTTCGATGCATTGATGTTCAACTC 1650||||||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||| |||| ||||| |||||| v.2 1633tacgtgaggaaggagactgacgatgtgttcgatgcattgatgttgaagtc 1682 v.1 1651TCCCACAGTGAAGGGCCTGATGGAAGCGATATCTGAGAAATATGGGCTGC 1700||| |||||||||||||| |||| |||| || |||||||||||| || || v.2 1683tcccacagtgaagggcctgatggaagcgatatctgagaaatatgggctgg 1732 v.1 1701CCGTGGAGAAGATAGCAAAGCTTTACAAGAAAAGCAAAAAAGGCATCCTG 1750||||||| |||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||||||| v.2 1733ccgtggagaagatagcaaagctttacaagaaaagcaaaaaaggcatcttg 1782 v.1 1751GTGAACATGGATGACAACATCATCGAGCACTACTCGAACGAGGACACCTT 1800|||||| |||||||| ||||| ||||||||||||||| |||||||| ||| v.2 1783gtgaacatggatgacaacatcatcgagcactactcgaacgacgacacctt 1832 v.1 1801CATCCTCAACATGGAGAGCATGGTGGAGGGCTTCAAGGTCACGCTCATGG 1850|||||| |||| |||||||| ||||| ||||||||| || ||||| ||| v.2 1833catcctcaacatggagagcatggtggagggcttcaaggtcacgctcatgg 1882 v.1 1851AAATCTAGCCCTGGGTTTGGCATCCGCTTTGGCTGGAGCTCTCAGTGGGT 1900|||||| |||| ||||||||| ||||| ||||||||| || ||||| ||| v.2 1883aaatctagccctgggtttggcatccgctttggctggagctctcagtgcgt 1932 v.1 1901TCCTCCCTGAGAGAGACAGAACCCCCACCCCCAGAACCTGGAGACCCATC 1950| |||| |||| |||||||||||||| ||||||||| || ||||||||| v.2 1933tcctccctgagagagacagaagccccagccccagaacctggagacccatc 1982 v.1 1951TCCCCCATCTCACAACTGCTGTTACAAGACCGTGCTGGGGAGTGGGGCAA 2000||||||||||| |||||||||||||| ||||||||| |||||||||||| v.2 1983tcccccatctcacaactgctgttacaagaccgtgctggggagtggggcaa 2032 v.1 2001GGGACAGGCCCCACTGTCGGTGTGCTTGGCCCATCCACTGGCACCTACCA 2050|||||| |||| ||| |||||||||| ||||||||| || ||||||||| v.2 2033gggacaggccccactgtcggtgtgcttggcccatccactggcacctacca 2082 v.1 2051CGGAGCTGAAGCCTGAGCCCCTCAGGAAGGTGCCTTAGGCCTGTTGGATT 2100|||||| |||| ||| |||||||||||||||||||| || ||||||||| v.2 2083cggagctgaagcctgagcccctcaggaaggtgccttaggcctgttggatt 2132 v.1 2101CCTATTTATTGCCCACCTTTTCCTGGAGCCCAGGTCCAGGCCCGCCAGGA 2150||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 2133cctatttattgcccaccttttcctggagcccaggtccaggcccgccagga 2182 v.1 2151CTCTGCAGGTCACTGCTAGCTCCAGATGAGACCGTGCAGCGTTCCCCCTT 2200 |||||||||||||| ||||| ||||||||| || |||||||||| ||| v.2 2183ctctgcaggtcactgctagctccagatgagaccgtccagcgttccccctt 2232 v.1 2201CAAGAGAAACACTCATCCCGAACAGCCTAAAAAATTCCCATCCCTTCTCT 2250 |||| ||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||| ||| v.2 2233caagagaaacactcatcccgaacagcctaaaaaattcccatcccttctct 2282 v.1 2251CTCACCCCTCCATATCTATCTCCCGAGTGGCTGGACAAAATGAGCTACGT 2300|||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||| || v.2 2283ctcacccctccatatctatctcccgagtggctggacaaaatgagctacgt 2332 v.1 2301CTGGGTGCAGTAGTTATAGGTGGGGCAAGAGGTGGATGCCCACTTTCTGG 2350|||||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||| |||||||||||||| v.2 2333ctgggtgcagtagttataggtggggcaagaggtggatgcccactttctgg 2382 v.1 2351TCAGACACCTTTAGGTTGCTCTGGGGAAGGCTGTCTTGCTAAATACCTCC 2400|||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 2383ccagacacctttaggttgctctggggaaggctgtcttgctaaatacctcc 2432 v.1 2401AGGGTTCCCACCAACTGGCCACCACGCCTTGTACAGGAAGACATTCAGTC 2450||| ||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||| ||| | v.2 2433agggttcccagcaagtggccaccaggccttgtacaggaagacattcagtc 2482 v.1 2451ACCGTGTAATTAGTAACACAGAAAGTCTGCCTGTCTGCATTGTACATAGT 2500||| ||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| v.2 2483accgtgtaattagtaacacagaaagtctgcctgtctgcattgtacatagt 2532 v.1 2501GTTTATAATATTGTAATAATATATTTTACCTGTGGTATGTGGGCATGTTT 2550|| |||||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||| ||| || v.2 2533gtttataatattgtaataatatattttacctgtggtatgtgggcatgttt 2582 v.1 2551ACTGCCACTGGCCTAGACCACACACAGACCTGGAGACCGTTTTAATGGGG 2600 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| || || |||||| ||| v.2 2583actgccactggcctagaggagacacagacctggagaccgttttaatgggg 2632 v.1 2601GTTTTTGCCTCTGTGCCTGTTCAAGAGACTTGCAGGGCTAGGTAGAGGGC 2650 ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||| ||| v.2 2633gtttttgcctctgtgcctgttcaagagacttgcagggctaggtagagggc 2682 v.1 2651CTTTGGGATGTTAAGGTGACTGCAGCCGATGCCAAGATGGACTCTGCAAT 2700 ||||||||||||||||||| ||||| ||||||| ||| |||||| ||| v.2 2683ctttgggatgttaaggtgactgcagctgatgccaagatggactctgcaat 2732 v.1 2701GGGCATACCTGGGGGCTCGTTCCCTGTCCCAGAGGAAGCCCCCCTCTCCT 2750 ||||||||||||||||||| ||||| |||||||| || ||||||| ||| v.2 2733gggcatacctgggggctcgttccctgtccccagaggaagccccctctgct 2782 v.1 2751TCTCCATGGGCATGACTCTCCTTCGAGGCCACCACGTTTATCTCACAATG 2800 ||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| v.2 2783tctccatgggcatgactctccttcgaggccaccacgtttatctcacaatg 2832 v.1 2801ATGTGTTTTCGTTGACTTTCCGTTTGCGCTGTCTCGTGGGAAAGGTCATT 2850 ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||||||| v.2 2833atgtgttttgcttgactttccctttgcgctgtctcgtgggaaaggacatt 2882 v.1 2851CTGTCTGAGACCCCAGCTCCTTCTCCAGCTTTGGCTGCGGGCATGGCCTG 2900|||||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||||| |||||||||||| v.2 2883ctgtctgagaccccagctccttctccagctttggctgcgggcatggcctg 2932 v.1 2901AGCTTTCTGGAGAGCCTCTGCAGGGGGTTTGCCATCAGGGCCCTGTCGCT 2950|||||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||| ||||||||||||||| v.2 2933agctttctggagagcctctgcagggggtttgccatcagggccctgtggct 2982 v.1 2951GGGTCTGCTGCAGAGCTCCTTGGCTATCAGGAGAATCCTGGACACTGTAC 3000|||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||||| |||| || |||| ||| | v.2 2983gggtctgctgcagagctccttggctatcaggagaatcctggacactgtac 3032 v.1 3001TGTGCCTCCCAGTTTACAAACACCCCCTTCATCTCAAGTGGCCCTTTAAA 3050|||||||| ||||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 3033tgtgcctcccagtttacaaacacgcccttcatctcaagtggccctttaaa 3082 v.1 3051AGGCCTGCTGCCATGTGAGAGCTGTGAACAGCTCAGCTCTGAGTCGGCAG 3100||| |||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| ||||||| v.2 3083aggcctgctgccatgtgagagctgtgaacagctcagctctgagtcggcag 3132 v.1 3101GCTGGGGCTTCCTCCTGGGCCACCAGATGGAAAGGGGGTATTGTTTGCCT 3150||||||||||||| |||| |||| ||||| ||||||| |||| ||| || v.2 3133gctggggcttcctcctgggccaccagatggaaagggggtattgtttgcct 3182 v.1 3151CACTCCTGGATGCTGCGTTTTAAGGAAGTGAGTGAGAAAGAATGTGCCAA 3200||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 3183cactcctggatgctgcgttttaaggaagtgagtgagaaagaatgtgccaa 3232 v.1 3201GATACCTGGCTCCTCTGAAACCACCCTCACCACCCAAACTGCGACAGAGA 3250|| |||| |||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||| |||| |||||||| v.2 3233gatacctggctcctgtgaaaccagcctcaggagggaaactgggagagaga 3282 v.1 3251AGCTGTGGTCTCCTGCTACATGCCCTGGGAGCTGGAAGAGAAAAACACTC 3300||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||| |||||||||| ||| v.2 3283agctgtggtctcctgctacatgccctgggagctggaagagaaaaacactg 3332 v.1 3301CCCTAAACAATCGCAAAATGATGAACCATCATGGGCCACTGTTCTCTTTG 3350||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| || ||||||||| |||| || v.2 3333ccctaaacaatcgcaaaatgatgaaccatcatgggccactgttctctttg 3382 v.1 3351AGGGGACAGGTTTAGGGGTTTGCGTTCGCCCTTGTGGGCTGAAGCACTAG 3400|||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||||||||| || |||| ||||| v.2 3383aggggacaggtttaggggtttgcgttcgcccttgtgggctgaagcactag 3432 v.1 3401CTTTTTGGTAGCTAGACACATCCTGCACCCAAAGGTTCTCTACAAAGGCC 3450 |||||||| |||||||||||||||||||| || ||||||||| |||| | v.2 3433gtttttggtagctagacacatcctgcacccaaaggttctccacaaaggcc 3482 v.1 3451CAGATTTGTTTGTAAAGCACTTTGACTCTTACCTGGAGGCCCGCTCTCTA 3500||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 3483cagatttgtttgtaaagcactttgactcttacctggaggcccgctctcta 3532 v.1 3501AGGGCTTCCTGGGGTCCCACCTCATCTGTCCCTGAGATGCAGAGCAGGAT 3550||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||| || |||||| || v.2 3533agggcttcctgcgctcccacctcatctgtccctgagatgcagagcaggat 3582 v.1 3551GGAGGGTCTGCTTCTAGCTCAGCTGTTTCTCCTTGAGGTTGCGGAGGAAT 3600||||| ||||||||||||||||||| ||||| || ||||||||||||| v.2 3503ggagggtctgcttctagctcagctgtttctccttgaggttgcggaggaat 3632 v.1 3601TGAATTGAATGGGACAGAGGGCAGGTGCTGTGGCCAAGAAGATCTCCGAG 3650||||| |||| |||||||||||||||||||| || ||||||||||||| v.2 3633tgaattgaatgggacagagggcaggtgctgtggccaagaagatctccgag 3682 v.1 3651CAGCAGTGACGGGGCACCTTGCTGTGTGTCCTCTGGGCATGTTAACCCTT 3700|||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||||| || |||||||||||||| v.2 3683cagcagtgacggggcaccttgctgtgtgtcctctgggcatgttaaccctt 3732 v.1 3701CTGTGGGGCCAAAGGTTTGCATCGTGGATCCAGCTGTGCTCCAGTCTGTC 3750| ||||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 3733ctgtggggccaaaggtttgcatcgtggatccagctgtgctccagtctgtc 3782 v.1 3751CCCTCCTCCTCCACTCTGACTGCCACGCCCCGGACCAGCAGCTTGGGGAC 3800||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 3783ccctcctcctccactctgactgccacgccccggaccagcagcttggggac 3832 v.1 3801CCTCCAGGGTACTAATGGGGCTCTGTTCTGAGATGGACAAATTCACTCTT 3850| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||| || v.2 3833cctccagggtactaatggggctctgttctgagatggacaaattcagtgtt 3882 v.1 3851GGAAATACATGTTGTACTATGCACTTCCCATGCTCCTAGGGTTAGGAATA 3900|||||||||| |||||||||| |||| |||| |||||||||||||||||| v.2 3883ggaaatacatgttgtactatgcacttcccatgctcctagggttaggaata 3932 v.1 3901GTTTCAAACATGATTCCCAGACATAACAACGGCAAATACTCGGACTGGGG 3950||||| |||| |||||||||||||||||||| || |||||||||||||| v.2 3933gtttcaaacatgattggcagacataacaacggcaaatactcggactgggg 3982 v.1 3951CATAGGACTCCAGAGTAGGAAAAAGACAAAAGATTTGGCAGCCTGACACA 4000||||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||||| || |||||||||||||| v.2 3983cataggactccagagtaggaaaaagacaaaagatttggcagcctgacaca 4032 v.1 4001GGCAACCTACCCCTCTCTCTCCAGCCTCTTTATCAAACTGTTTGTTTGCC 4050 ||||||||| |||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 4033ggcaacctacccctctctctccagcctctttatgaaactgtttgtttgcc 4082 v.1 4051AGTCCTGCCCTAAGGCAGAACATCAATTCAACATGCTGTGCATGTTTCCT 4100 |||||||||||||| |||| |||| ||||| |||| || |||||||||| v.2 4083agtcctgccctaaggcagaagatgaattgaagatgctgtgcatgtttcct 4132 v.1 4101AAGTCCTTGAGCAATCATGGTGGTGACAATTGCCACAAGGGATATGAGGC 4150|||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||| |||||||||||||||||| v.2 4133aagtccttgagcaatcatggtggtgacaattgccacaagggatatgaggc 4182 v.1 4151CAGTGCCACCAGAGGGTGGTGCCAAGTGCCACATCCCTTCCGATCCATTC 4200|||||||||| |||| |||||||||| |||| || ||||||||||| || v.2 4183cagtgccaccagagggtggtgccaagtgccacatcccttccgatccattc 4232 v.1 4201CCCTCTGCATCCTCGGAGCACCCCAGTTTGCCTTTGATGTGTCCGCTGTG 4250||||| ||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||| ||||||||||| || v.2 4233ccctctgcatcctcggagcaccccagtttgcctttgatgtgtccgctgtg 4282 v.1 4251TATGTTACCTGAACTTTGATCAGCAAAATTTCCTGAGCGAAACACTCCAA 4300||||| |||||||||||||| ||||||||| ||| |||||||||| || v.2 4283tatgttagctgaactttgatgagcaaaatttcctgagcgaaacactccaa 4332 v.1 4301AGAGATAGGAAAACTTGCCGCCTCTTCTTTTTTGTCCCTTAATCAAACTC 4350||||| ||| |||||||||| |||||||| ||||||||| |||||||||| v.2 4333agagataggaaaacttgccgcctcttcttttttgtcccttaatcaaactc 4382 v.1 4351AAATAAGCTTAAAAAAAATCCATGGAAGATCATGGACATGTGAAATGAGC 4400 |||||||| |||||||||| ||||||||| |||||||| |||||||| | v.2 4383aaataagcttaaaaaaaatccatggaagatcatggacatgtgaaatgagc 4432 v.1 4401ATTTTTTTCTTTTTTTTTTTTAACAAAGTCTGAACTGAACAGAACAACAC 4450|||||||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||| |||||||| ||| | v.2 4433atttttttcttttttttttttaacaaagtctgaactgaacagaacaagac 4482 v.1 4451TTTTTCCTCATACATCTCCAAATTGTTTAAACTTACTTTATGAGTGTTTG 4500|||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||| |||| v.2 4483tttttcctcatacatctccaaattgtttaaacttactttatgagtgtttg 4532 v.1 4501TTTAGAACTTCGGACCAACAGAAAAATGCAGTCAGATGTCATCTTGGAAT 4550|||||||| |||||||||||||||||||| || |||| |||| |||| || v.2 4533tttagaagttcggaccaacagaaaaatgcagtcagatgtcatcttggaat 4582 v.1 4551TGGTTTCTAAAAGAGTAAGGCATGTCCCTGCCCAGAAACTTAGGAAGCAT 4600||| |||||||| |||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 4583tggtttctaaaagagtaaggcatgtccctgcccagaaacttaggaagcat 4632 v.1 4601GAAATAAATCAAATGTTTATTTTCCTTCTTATTTAAAATCATGCAAATGC 4650||||||| ||||||||||||||| || ||| |||||||||||||||||| v.2 4633gaaataaatcaaatgtttattttccttcttatttaaaatcatgcaaatgc 4682 v.1 4651AACAGAAATAGAGGGTTTGTCCCAAATCCTATCAACGGCCCTTTCTTAAA 4700|| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| ||||||||| ||| v.2 4683aacagaaatagagggtttgtgccaaatgctatgaacggccctttcttaaa 4732 v.1 4701GACAAGCAAGGGAGATTGATATATGTACAATTTGCTCTCATGTTTT 4746| |||| ||||||||||||||| || |||| |||| |||||||||| v.2 4733gacaagcaagggagattgatatatgtacaatttgctctcatgtttt 4778

TABLE LIV(a) Peptide sequences of protein coded by 202P5A05 v.2 (SEQ IDNO: 99) MSQESDNNKR LVALVPMPSD PPFNTRRAYT SEDEAWKSYL ENPLTAATKAMMSINGDECS  60 AAALGLLYDY YKVPRCKRLL SVSKASDSQE DQEKRNCLGT SEAQSNLSGGENRVQVLKTV 120 PVNLSLNQBH LENSKREQYS ISFPESSALT PVSGITVVKA EDFTEVFMAPPVHYPRGDGE 180 EQRVVTFEQT QYDVPSLATH SAYLKDDQRS TPDSTYSESF KDAATEKFRSASVCAEEYMY 240 DQTSSGTFQY TLEATKSLRQ KQGEGPMTYL NKGQFYAITS SERGDNNCFRHPISKVRSVV 300 MVVFSEDKNR DEQLKYWKYW HRSQETAKQR VLDIADYKES FNTIGKTEETAYNAVSETND 360 VNEEAKIFIT VNCLSTDFSS QKGVKGLTLM TQIDTYSYNN RSNKPIHRAYCQIKVFCDKG 420 ZERKIRDEER KQNRKKCKCQ ASQTQCNSSS DCKLAATFLQ KKSDITYFKTMPDLHSQPVL 480 FIPDVHFANL QRTGQVYYNT DDEREGGSVL VKRMFRPMEF RFGPVPSKQMKEEGVKRVLL 540 YVRKETDDVF DALMLKSPTV KGLMEAISEK YGLPVEKIAK LYKKSKKGILVNMDDNIIEH 600 YSNEDTFILN MESMVEGFKV TLMEI 625

TABLE LV(a) Amino acid sequence alignment of 202P5A05 v.2 (SEQ ID NO:100) and 202P5A05 v.1 (SEQ ID NO: 101) v.1   1MPSDPPTNTRRAYTSEDEAWKSYLENPLTAATKAMKSINGDEDSAAALGL  50 ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||| v.1  17MPSCPPFNTRRAYTSEDEAWKSYLENPLTAATKAMKSINGDEDSAAALGL  66 v.1  51LYDYYKVPRDKRLLSVSKASDSQEDQEKRNCLGTSEAQSNLSGGENRVQV 100 ||||||||||||| ||||| |||| ||||||| ||||||||||| |||| v.2  67LYDYYKVPRDKRLLSVSKASDSQEDQEKRNVLGTSEAQSNLSGGEKRVQV 116 v.1 101LKTVPVNLSLNQCHLENSKREQYSISFPESSAITPVSGLTVVKEADFTPV 150||||||||| |||| |||| |||||||||| || ||| |||| ||||| v.2 117LKTVPVNLSLNQDHLENSKREQYSISFPESSAIIPVSGITVVKEADFTPV 166 v.1 151FMAPPVHYPRGDGEEQRVVTFEQTQYDVPSLATHSAYLKDDQRSTPDSTY 200||||||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 167FMAPPVHYPRGDGEEQRVVIFEQTQYDVFSLATHSAYLKDDCRSTPDSTY 216 v.1 201SESTKDAATEKFRSASVGAEEYMYDQTSSGTFQYTLDATKSLRQKQGEGP 250 v.2 217SESFKDAATEKFRSASVGAEEYMYDQTSSGTFQYTLEATKSLRQKQGEGP 266 v.1 251MTYLNKGQFYAITLSETGDNKCFRHPISKVRSVVMVVFSECKNRDEQLKY 300||| |||| |||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |||||||||||| v.2 267MTYLNKGQFYAITLSERGDNKCFRHPISKVRSVVMVVGSEDKNRDQQLKY 316 v.1 301WKYWFSRQHTAKQRVLDIADYKFSFNTIGNIEEIAYNAVSFTWDVNEEAK 350||||||| |||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||| ||| v.2 317WKYWHSRQHTAKQRVLDTADYKESFNTIGNIEEIAYNAVSFTWDVNEEAK 366 v.1 351IFITVNCLSTDFSSQKGVKGLPLMIQIDTYSYNNRSNKPIHRAYCQIKVF 400|| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 367IFITVNCLSTDESSQKCVKCLPLMIQIDTYSYNNRSNKPIHRAYCQTKVE 416 v.1 401CDKGAERKIRDEERKQNRKKGKGQASQTQCNSSSDGKLAATPLQKKSDIT 450|||||| || |||||||||||||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| v.2 417CDKGAERKIRDEERKQNRKKGKGQASQTQCNSSSDGKLAATPLQKKSDIT 466 v.1 451YFKTMPDISHQPLVLIPDVHFANLQRTGQVYYNTDDEREGGSVLVKRMFR 500||||| || |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.2 467YFKTMPDLHSQPVLFIPDVHFANLQRTGQVYYNTDDEREGGSVLVKRMFR 516 v.1 501PMEEEFGPVPSKQMKEEGTKRVLLYVRKETDDVFDALMIKSPTVGGLMEA 550 || ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||| ||||| v.2 517PMEEEFGPVPSKQMKEEGTKRVLLYVRKETDDVFDALMLKSPTVKGLMEA 566 v.1 551ISIKYGLPVEKIAKLYKKSKKGILVNMDDNIIEHYSNEDTFIINMESMVE 600|||| || |||| ||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||| v.2 567ISEKYGLPVEKIAKLYKKSKKGILVNMDDNIIEHYSNEDTFILNMESMVE 616 v.1 601 GFKVTIMEI609 ||||||||| v.2 617 GFKVTLMEI 625

TABLE LII(b) Nucleotide sequence of transcript variant 202P5A05 v.3 (SEQID NO: 102) attggatcaa acatgtcaca agagtcggac aagtaagtgg atcacacgcgccggctgctg   60 ctactactac cactttgggc tgatggcaac tgtaataaaa gactagtggccttagtgccc  120 atgcccagtg accctccatt caatacccga agagcctaca ccagtgaggatgaagcctgg  180 aagtcatact tggagaatcc cctgacagca gccaccaagg ccatgatgagcattaatggt  240 gatgaggaca gtgctgctgc cctcggcctg ctctatgact actacaaggttcctcgagac  300 aagaggctgc tgtctgtaag caaagcaagt gacagccaag aagaccaggagaaaagaaac  360 tgccttggca ccagtgaagc ccagagtaat ttgagtggag gagaaaaccgagtgcaagtc  420 ctaaagactg ttccagtgaa cctttcccta aatcaagatc acctggagaattccaagcgg  480 gaacagtaca gcatcagcta ccccgagagc tctgccatca tcccggtgtcgggaatcacg  540 gtggtgaaag ctgaagattt cacaccagtt ttcatggccc cacctgtgcactatccccgg  600 ggagatgggg aagagcaacg agtggttatc tttgaacaga ctcagtatgacgtgccctcg  60 ctggccaccc acagcgccta tctcaaagac gaccagcgca gcactccggacagcacatac  720 agcgagagct tcaaggacgc agccacagag aaatttcgga gtgcttcagttggggctgag  780 gagtacatgt atgatcagac atcaagtggc acatttcagt acaccctggaagccaccaaa  840 tctctccgtc agaagcaggg ggagggcccc atgacctacc tcaacaaaggacagttctct  900 gccataacac tcagcgagac cggagacaac aaatgcttcc gacaccccatcagcaaagtc 1020 tggaaatact ggcactctcg gcagcatacg gcgaagcaga gggtccttgacattgccgat 1080 tacaaggaga gctttaatac gattggaaac attgaagaga ttgcatataatgctgtttcc 1140 tttacctggg acgtgaatga agaggcgaag attttcatca ccgtgaattgcttgagcaca 1200 gatttctcct cccaaaaagg ggtgaaagga cttcctttga tgattcagattgacacatac 1260 agttataaca atcgtagcaa taaacccatt catagagctt attgccagatcaaggtcttc 1320 tgtgacaaag gagcagaaag aaaaatccga gatgaagagc ggaagcagaacaggaagaaa 1380 gggaaaggcc aggcctccca aactcaatgc aacagctcct ctgatgggaagttggctgcc 1440 atacctttac agaagaagag tgacatcacc tacttcaaaa ccatgcctgatctccactca 1500 cagccagttc tcttcatacc tgatgttcac tttgcaaacc tgcagaggaccggacaggtg 1560 tattacaaca cggatgatga acgagaaggt ggcagtgtcc ttgttaaacggatgttccgg 1620 cccatggaag aggagtttgg tccagtgcct tcaaagcaga tgaaagaagaagggacaaag 1680 cgagtgctct tgtacgtgag gaaggagact gacgatgtgt tcgatgcattgatgttgaag 1740 tctcccacag tgaagggcct gatggaagcg atatctgaga aatatgggctgcccgtggag 1800 aagatagcaa agctttacaa gaaaagcaaa aaaggcatct tggtgaacatggatgacaac 1860 atcatcgagc actactcgaa cgaggacacc ttcatcctca acatggagagcatggtggag 1920 ggcttcaagg tcacgctcat ggaaatctag ccctgggttt ggcatccgctttggctggag 1980 ctctcagtgc gttcctccct gagagagaca gaagccccag ccccagaacctggagaccca 2040 tctcccccat ctcacaactg ctgttacaag accgtgctgg ggagtggggcaagggatagg 2100 ccccactgtc ggtgtgcttg gcccatccac tggcacctac cacggagctgaagcctgagc 2160 ccctcaggaa ggtgccttag gcctgttgga ttcctattta ttgcccaccttttcctggag 2220 cccaggtcca ggcccgccag gactatgcag gtcactgcta gctccagatgagaccgtcca 2280 gcgttccccc ttcaagagaa acactcatcc cgaacagcct aaaaaattcccatcccttct 2340 ctctcacccc tccatatcta tctcccgagt ggctggacaa aatgagctacgtctgggtgc 2400 agtagttata ggtggggcaa gaggtggatg cccactttct ggtcagacacctttaggttg 2460 ctctggggaa ggctgtcttg ctaaatacct ccagggttcc cagcaagtggccaccaggcc 2520 ctgtacagga agacattcag tcaccgtgta attagtaaca cagaaagtctgcctgtctgc 2580 attgtacata gtgtttataa tattgtaata atatatttta cctgtggtatgtgggcatgt 2640 ctactgccac tggcctagag gagacacaga cctggagacc gttttaatgggggtttgtgc 2700 ctctgtgccc gttcaagaga cttgcagggc taggtagagg gcctttgggatgttaaggtg 2760 actgcagctg atgccaagat ggactctgca atgggcatac ctgggggctcgttccctgtc 2820 cccagaggaa gccccctctc cttctccatg ggcatgactc tccttcgaggccaccacgtt 2880 tatctcacaa tgatgtgttt tgcttgactt tccctttgcg ctgtctcgtgggaaaggtca 2940 ttctgtctga gaccccagct ccttctccag ctttggctgc gggcatggcctgagctttct 3000 ggagagcctc tgcagggggt ttgccatcag ggccctgtgg ctgggtctgctgcagagctc 3060 cttggctatc aggagaatcc cggacactgt actgtgcctc ccagtttacaaacacgccct 3120 tcatctcaag tggcccttta aaaggcctgc tgccatgtga gagctgtgaacagctcagct 3180 ctgagtcggc aggctggggc ctcctcctgg gccaccagat ggaaagggggtattgtttgc 3240 ctcactcctg gatgctgcgt tttaaggaag tgagtgagaa agaatgtgccaagatacctg 3300 gctcctgtga aaccagcctc aggagggaaa ctgggagaga gaagctgtggtctcctgcta 3360 catgccctgg gagctggaag agaaaaacac tcccctaaac aatcgcaaaatgatgaacca 3420 tcatgggcca ctgttctctt tgaggggaca ggtttagggg tttgcgttcgcccttgtggg 3480 ctgaagcact agctttttgg tagctagaca catcctgcac ccaaaggttctctacaaagg 3540 cccagatttg tttgtaaagc actttgactc ttacctggag gcccgctctctaagggcttc 3600 ctgcgctccc accttatctg tccctgagat gcagagcagg atggagggtctgcttctagc 3660 tcagctgtta ctccttgagg ttgcggagga attgaattga atgggacagagggcaggtgc 3720 tgtggccaag aagatctccg agcagcagtg acggggcacc ttgctgtgtgtcctctgggc 3780 atgttaaccc ttctgtgggg acaaaggttt gcatcgtgga tccagctgtgctccagtctg 3840 tcccctcctc ctccactctg actgccacgc cccggaccag cagcttggggaccctccagg 3900 gtactaatgg ggctctgttc cgagatggac aaattcagtg ttggaaatacatgttgtact 3960 atgcacttcc catgctccta gggttaggaa tagtttcaaa catgattggcagacataaca 4020 acggcaaata cccggactgg ggcataggac tccagagtag gaaaaagacaaaagatttgg 4080 cagcctgaca caggcaacct acccctctct ctccagcctc tttatgaaactgtttgtttg 4140 ccagtcctgc cctaaggcag aagatgaatt gaagatgctg tgcatgtttcctaagtcctt 4200 gagcaatcat ggtggtgaca attgccacaa gggatatgag gccagtgccaccagagggtg 4260 gtgccaagtg ccacatccct tccgatccat tcccctctgc atcctcggagcaccccagtt 4320 tgcctttgat gtgtccgctg tgtatgtaag ctgaactttg atgagcaaaatttcctgagc 4380 gaaacactcc aaagagatag gaaaacttgc cgcctcttct tttttgtcccttaatcaaac 4440 tcaaataagc ttaaaaaaaa tccatggaag atcatggaca tgtgaaatgagcattttttt 4500 cttttttttt tttaacaaag tctgaactga acagaacaag actttttcctcatacatctc 4560 caaattgttt aaacttactt tatgagtgtt tgtttagaag ttcggaccaacagaaaaatg 4620 cagtcagatg tcatcttgga attggtttct aaaagagtaa ggcatgtccctgcccagaaa 4680 cttaggaagc atgaaataaa tcaaatgttt attttccttc ttatttaaaatcatgcaaat 4740 gcaacagaaa tagagggttt gtgccaaatg ctatgaacgg ccctttcttaaagacaagca 4800 agggagattg atatatgtac aatttgctct catgttttaa aaaaaaaaggtaaatgtaac 4860 ttaatagttt tgtaaatggg agagggggaa tctataaact ataaatacagttattttttt 4920 ttttgtacat ttttaaggag aaaaaaataa atattcataa cataagaggaaaa 4973

TABLE LIII(b) Nucleotide sequence alignment of 202P5A05 v.2 (SEQ ID NO:103) and 202P5A05 v.1 (SEQ ID NO: 104) v.1    1TAATAAAAGACTAGTGGCCTTAGTGCCCATGCCCAGTGACCCTCCATTCA   50||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||| v.3   93taataaaagactagtggccttagtgcccatgcccagtgaccctccattca  142 v.1   51ATACCCGAAGAGCCTACACCAGTGAGGATGAAGCCTGGAAGTCATACTTG  100|| ||||||| |||||||||| |||| |||||||||| ||||||||||| v.3  143atacccgaagagcctacaccagtgaggatgaagcctggaagtcatacttg  192 v.1  101CACAATCCCCTCACAGCAGCCACCAAGGCCATGATGAGCATTAATGGTGA  150||||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.3  193gagaatcccctgacagcagccaccaaggcatgattgagcattaatggtga  242 v.1  151TGAGGACAGTGCTGCTGCCCTCGGCCTGCTCTATGACTACTACAAGGTTC  200|||||| ||||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||| ||||||| v.3  243tgaggacagtgctgctgccctcggcctgctctatgactactacaaggttc  292 v.1  201CTCGAGACAAGAGGCTGCTGTCTGTAAGCAAAGCAAGTGACAGCCAAGAA  250| |||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||||||||| || |||||| || v.3  293ctcgagacaagaggctgctgtctgtaagcaaagcaagtgacagccaagaa  342 v.1  251GACCAGGAGAAAAGAAACTGCCTTGGCACCAGTGAAGCCCAGAGTAATTT  300||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||||||||| || v.3  343gaccaggagaaaagaaactgccttggcaccagtgaagcccagagtaattt  392 v.1  301CAGTGGAGGAGAAAACCGAGTGCAAGTCCTAAAGACTGTTCCAGTGAACC  350 |||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||| ||| v.3  393gagtggaggagaaaaccgagtgcaagtcctaaagactgttccagtgaacc  442 v.1  351TTTCCCTAAATCAAGATCACCTGGAGAATTCCAAGCGGGAACAGTACAGC  400||||||||| |||| ||||| |||| |||||||||| || ||||||||| v.3  443tttccctaaatcaagatcacctggagaattccaagcgggaacagtacagc  492 v.1  401ATCAGCTTCCCCGAGAGCTCTGCCATCATCCCGGTGTCGGGAATCACGGT  450|||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||| v.3  493atcagcttccccgagagctctgccatcatcccggtgtcgggaatcacggt  542 v.1  451GGTGAAAGCTGAAGATTTCACACCAGTTTTCATCCCCCCACCTGTGCACT  500||| ||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||||||||| |||| ||| | v.3  543ggtgaaagctgaagatttcacaccagttttcatggccccacctgtgcact  592 v.1  501ATCCCCGGGGAGATGGGGAAGAGCAACGAGTGGTTATCTTTGAACAGACT  550||||||| |||| ||||| |||||||||| || ||||||||||||||||| v.3  593atccccggggagatggggaagagcaatgagtggttatctttgaacagact  642 v.1  551CAGTATGACGTGCCCTCGCTGGCCACCCACAGCGCCTATCTCAAAGACGA  600|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| || v.3  643cagtatgacgtgccctcgctggccacccacagcgcctatctcaaagacga  692 v.1  601CCAGCCCAGCACTCCGGACAGCACATACAGCGAGAGCTTCAAGGACGCAG  650|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||| v.3  693ccagcgcagcactccggacagcacatacagcgagagcttcaaggacgcag  742 v.1  651CCACAGAGAAATTTCGGAGTGCTTCAGTTGGGGCTGAGGAGTACATGTAT  700||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| || v.3  743ccacagagaaatttcggagtgcttcagttggggctgaggagtacatgtat  792 v.1  701GATCAGACATCAAGTGGCACATTTCACTACACCCTGGAAGCCACCAAATC  750|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| || v.3  793gatcagacatcaagtggcacatttcagtacaccctggaagccaccaaatc  842 v.1  751TCTCCCTCAGAAGCAGGGGGAGGGCCCCATGACCTACTTCAACAAAGGAC  800|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| v.3  843tctccgtcagaagcagggggagggccccatgacctacctcaacaaaggac  892 v.1  801AGTTCTATGCCATAACACTCAGCGAGACCGGACACAACAAATGCTTCCGA  850|||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||||||||||| v.3  893agttctatgctataacactcagcgagaccggagacaacaaatgcttccga  942 v.1  851CACCCCATCAGCAAAGTCAGGAGTGTGGTGATGGTGGTCTTCAGTGAAGA  900|||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||| |||||||||| || v.3  943caccccatcagcaaagtcaggagtgtggtgatggtggtcttcagtgaaga  992 v.1  901CAAAAACAGAGATGAACAGCTCAAATACTGGAAATACTGGCACTCTCGGC  950||||| |||| |||| |||| ||||| |||| || |||| |||||| || v.3  993caaaaacagagatgaacagctcaaatactggaaatactggcactctcggc 1042 v.1  951AGCATACGGCGAAGCAGAGGGTCCTTGACATTGCCGATTACAAGGAGAGC 1000 |||| |||| |||| |||| |||||||||| ||||||| |||||| || v.3 1043agcatacggcgaagcagagggtccttgacattgccgattacaaggagagc 1092 v.1 1001TTTAATACGATTGGAAACATTGAAGAGATTGCATATAATGCTGTTTCCTT 1050 ||| |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||| |||||||||| v.3 1093tttaatacgattggaaacattgaagagattgcatataatgctgtttcctt 1142 v.1 1051TACCTGGCACCTCAATCAACACCCCAAGATTTTCATCACCGTGAATTGCT 1100|||| |||| ||||||||||||||| |||| ||| ||| |||||||||| v.3 1143tacctgggacgtgaatgaagaggcgaagattttcatcaccgtgaattgct 1192 v.1 1101TGAGCACAGATTTCTCCTCCCAAAAAGGGGTGAAAGGACTTCCTTTGATG 1150||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||||| ||||||| |||| ||| | v.3 1193tgagcacagatttctcctcccaaaaaggggtgaaaggacttcctttgatg 1242 v.1 1151ATTCAGATTGACACATACAGTTATAACAATCGTAGCAATAAACCCATTCA 1200||| |||||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||| ||| | v.3 1243attcagattgacacatacagttataacaatcgtagcaataaacccattca 1292 v.1 1201TAGAGCTTATTGCCAGATCAACGTCTTCTGTCACAAACCACCACAAAGAA 1250|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||| |||||| v.3 1293tagagcttattgccagatcaaggtcttctgtgacaaaggagcagaaagaa 1342 v.1 1251AAATCCGAGATGAAGAGCGGAAGCAGAACAGGAAGAAAGGGAAAGGCCAG 1300|| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||| || v.3 1343aaatccgagatgaagagcggaagcagaacaggaagaaagggaaaggccag 1392 v.1 1301GCCTCCCAAACTCAATGCAACAGCTCCTCTGATGGGAAGTTGGCTGCCAT 1350|||||||||||||||||||||| || |||||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 1393gcctcccaaactcaatgcaacagctcctctgatgggaagttggctgccat 1442 v.1 1351ACCTTTACAGAAGAAGAGTGACATCACCTACTTCAAAACCATGCCTCATC 1400||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||| |||| ||||| v.3 1443acctttacagaagaagagtgacatcacctacttcaaaaccatgcctgatc 1492 v.1 1401TCCACTCACAGCCAGTTCTCTTCATACCTGATGTTCACTTTGCAAACCTG 1400 |||||||||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||| v.3 1493tccactcacagccagttctcttcatacctgatgttcactttgcaaacctg 1542 v.1 1451CAGAGGACCGGACAGGTGTATTACAACACGCATGATGAACGAGAAGGTGG 1500|||||||||| |||| |||| |||||||||| ||||||| |||||||||| v.3 1543cagaggaccggacaggtgtattacaacacggatgatgaacgagaaggtgg 1592 v.1 1501CAGTGTCCTTGTTAAACGGATGTTCCGGCCCATGGAAGAGGAGTTTGGTC 1550|||| |||||||||||||||| |||||||||||| ||||||||||||| v.3 1593cagtgtccttgttaaacggatgttccggcccatggaagaggagtttggtc 1642 v.1 1551CAGTGCCTTCAAAGCAGATGAAAGAAGAAGGGACAAAGCGAGTGCTCTTG 1600||||| |||| ||| |||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||| || v.3 1643cagtgccttcaaagcagatgaaagaagaagggacaaagcgagtgctcttg 1692 v.1 1601TACGTGAGGAAGGAGACTGACGATGTGTTCGATGCATTGATGTTGAAGTC 1650|||||| ||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| || v.3 1693tacgtgaggaaggagactgacgatgtgttcgatgcattgatgttgaagtc 1742 v.1 1651TCCCACAGTGAAGGGCCTGATGGAAGCGATATCTGAGAAATATCGGCTGC 1700|| |||||||| ||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| ||||||| v.3 1743tcccacagtgaagggcctgatggaagcgatatctgagaaatatgggctgc 1792 v.1 1701CCGTGGAGAAGATACCAAAGCTTTACAAGAAAAGGAAAAAACCCATCTTG 1750||||||| |||||| || ||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||| | v.3 1793ccgtggagaagatagcaaagctttacaagaaaagcaaaaaaggcatcttg 1842 v.1 1751GTGAACATGGATGACAACATCATCGAGCACTACTCGAACCAGGACACCTT 1800 |||||||||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||||| v.3 1843gtgaacatggatgacaacatcatcgagcactactcgaacgaggacaccct 1892 v.1 1801CATCCTCAACATGGAGAGCATGGTGGAGGGCTTCAAGGTCACGCTCATGG 1850 || |||| ||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 1893catcctcaacatggagagcatggtggagggcttcaaggtcacgctcatgg 1942 v.1 1851AAATCTAGCCCTGGGTTTCGCATCCGCTTTGGCTGGAGCTCTCAGTGCCT 1900 || |||| |||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 1943aaatctagccctgggtttggcatccgctttggctggagctctcagtgcgt 1992 v.1 1901TCCTCCCTGAGAGAGACAGAAGCCCCAGCCCCAGAACCTGGAGACCCATC 1950||| ||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||||||||| v.3 1993tcctccctgagagagacagaagccccagccccagaacctggagacccatc 2042 v.1 1951TCCCCCATCTCACAACTGCTGTTACAACACCGTCCTGGGGAGTGGGGCAA 2000 || ||| ||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||| || ||||||| v.3 2043tcccccatctcacaactgctgttacaagaccgtgctggggagtggggcaa 2092 v.1 2001GGGACAGGCCCCACTGTCGGTGTGCTTGGCCCATCCACTGGCACCTACCA 2050||| ||| ||||| |||| || ||||| ||||||||| || |||||| v.3 2093gggacaggccccactgtcggtgtgcttggcccatccactggcacctacca 2142 v.1 2051CGGACCTGAACCCTGAGCCCCTCAGGAAGGTGCCTTAGGCCTGTTGGATT 2100 || ||| ||||| |||| || ||||| ||||||||| || |||||| v.3 2143tggagctgaagcctgagcccctcaggaaggtgccttaggcctgttggatt 2192 v.1 2101CCTATTTATTGCCCACCTTTTCCTGGAGCCCAGGTCCAGGCCCGCCAGGA 2150 || ||| ||||| |||| || ||||| |||| |||| || |||||| v.3 2193cctatttattgcccaccttttcctggagcccaggtccaggcccgccagga 2242 v.1 2151CTCTGCAGGTCACTGCTAGCTCCAGATGAGACCGTCCACCGTTCCCCTTT 2200||||||||||||| |||| |||| || ||||| ||||||||||||||||| v.3 2243ctctgcaggtcactgctagctccagatgagaccgtccagcgttccccctt 2292 v.1 2201CAAGAGAAACACTCATCCCGAACAGCCTAAAAAATTCCCATCCCTTCTCT 2250||| |||| ||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||| v.3 2293caagagaaacactcatcccgaacagcctaaaaaattcccatcccttctct 2342 v.1 2251CTCACCCCTCCATATCTATCTCCCGACTCCCTGGACAAAATGAGCTACGT 2300||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||| ||| || v.3 2343ctcacccctccatatctatctcccgagtggctggacaaaatgagctacgt 2392 v.1 2301CTGGGTGCAGTAGTTATAGGTGGCCCAACACGTGGATGCCCACTTTCTGG 2350||||||||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||| v.3 2393ctgggtgcagtagttataggtggggcaagaggtggatgcccactttctgg 2442 v.1 2351TCAGACACCTTTAGGTTGCTCTGGGGAAGGCTGTCTTGCTAAATACCTCC 2400|||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| || || v.3 2443tcagacacctttaggttgctctggggaaggctgtcttgctaaatacctcc 2492 v.1 2401AGGCTTCCCAGCAAGTGGCCACCAGGCCTTGTACAGGAAGACATTCAGTC 2450||||||||| |||| |||| |||| || || || |||| ||||||||||| v.3 2493agggttcccagcaagtggccaccaggccttgtacaggaagacattcagtc 2542 v.1 2451ACCGTGTAATTAGTAACACAGAAAGTCTGCCTGTCTGCATTGTACATAGT 2500|||||||||||||| |||| ||||||| || ||||||||||||| ||||| v.3 2543accgtgtaattagtaacacagaaagtctgcctgtctgcattgtacatagt 2592 v.1 2501GTTTATAATATTGTAATAATATATTTTACCTGTGGTATGTGGGCATGTTT 2550|||||||||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||||| |||||| || | v.3 2593gtttataatattgtaataatatattttacctgtggtatgtgggcatgttt 2642 v.1 2551ACTGCCACTGGCCTAGAGGAGACACAGACCTGGAGACCGTTTTAATGGGG 2600||||||||| |||| |||| ||||||| |||||||||| |||||| |||| v.3 2643actgccactggcctagaggagacacagacctggagaccgttttaatgggg 2692 v.1 2601CTTTTTGCCTCTGTGCCTGTTCAAGAGACTTGCAGGGCTAGGTAGAGGGC 2650||||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||||| v.3 2693gtttttgcctctgtgcctgttcaagagacttgcagggctaggtagagggc 2742 v.1 2651CTTTGGGATGTTAAGGTGACTGCAGCTCATGCCAAGATGGACTCTGCAAT 2700|||||||| |||||||||||||||||||| ||||||| |||| |||||| v.3 2743ctttgggatgttaaggtgactgcagctgatgccaagatggactctgcaat 2792 v.1 2701GGGCATACCTGGGGGCTCGTTCCCTGTCCCCAGAGGAAGCCCCCTCTCCT 2750||| |||| |||| |||| |||||||||| || |||| |||| |||||| v.3 2793gggcatacctgggggctcgttccctgtccccagaggaagccccctctcct 2842 v.1 2751TCTCCATGGGCATGACTCTCCTTCCAGGCCACCACGTTTATCTCACAATG 2800||| |||||||||||||| |||| || |||||||||||||||||||| || v.3 2843tctccatgggcatgactctccttcgaggccaccacgtttatctcacaatg 2892 v.1 2801ATGTGTTTTGCTTGACTTTCCCTTTGCGCTGTCTCGTGGGAAAGGTCATT 2850||| ||| |||| |||| ||||| || |||||||| |||||||||| || v.3 2893atgtgttttgcttgactttccctttgcgctgtctcgtgggaaaggtcatt 2942 v.1 2851CTGTCTGAGACCCCAGCTCCTTCTCCAGCTTTGGCTGCGGGCATGGCCTG 2900||||||| |||| |||| |||| ||||| || |||| |||| |||||||| v.3 2993agctttctggagagcctctgcagggggtttgccatcagggccctgtggct 3042 v.1 2951CCCTCTCCTCCAGAGCTCCTTGGCTATCAGGAGAATCCTGGACACTGTAC 3000|||||||| |||| ||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 3043gggtctgctgcagagctccttggctatcaggagaatcctggacactgtac 3092 v.1 3001TGTGCCTCCCAGTTTACAAACACGCCCTTCATCTCAAGTGGCCCTTTAAA 3050||| |||| |||| |||||||||||||||||||| || |||||||||||| v.3 3093tgtgcctcccagtttacaaacacgcccttcatctcaagtggccctttaaa 3142 v.1 3051AGGCCTGCTGCCATGTGAGAGCTGTGAACAGCTCAGCTCTGAGTCGGCAG 3100||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||||| || ||||||||| ||||||| v.3 3143aggcctgctgccatgtgagagctgtgaacagctcagctctgagtcggcag 3192 v.1 3101GCTGGGGCTTCCTCCTGGCCCACCAGATGGAAACGGGGTATTGTTTGCCT 3150||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||||| || ||||||||| |||||| v.3 3193gctggggcttcctcctgggccaccagatggaaagggggtattgtttgcct 3242 v.1 3151CACTCCTCCATGCTGCGTTTTAAGGAAGTGAGTGAGAAAGAATGTGCCAA 3200||| |||| |||| ||||||||||||||| || ||||||||| |||| || v.3 3243cactcctggatgctgcgttttaaggaagtgagtgagaaagaatgtcccaa 3292 v.1 3201CATACCTGGCTCCTGTGAAACCAGCCTCAGGAGGGAAACTGGGAGAGAGA 3250||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||||||| |||| |||||||||||| v.3 3293gatacctggctcctgtgaaaccagcctcaggagggaaactgggagagaga 3342 v.1 3251AGGTGTGGTCTCCTGCTACATGCCCTGGGAGCTGGAAGAGAAAAACACTC 3300||| |||| ||||||||||||||||| |||||||||| |||||||| ||| v.3 3343agctgtggtctcctgctacatgccctgggagctggaagagaaaaacactc 3392 v.1 3301CCCTAAACAATCGCAAAATGATGAACCATCATGGGCCACTGTTCTCTTTG 3350|||||||||||| ||||| ||||||| |||||||||||||||||| ||| v.3 3393ccctaaacaatcgcaaaatgatgaaccatcatgggccactgttctctttg 3442 v.1 3351AGGGGACAGGTTTAGGGGTTTGCGTTCGCCCTTGTGGGCTGAAGCACTAG 3400|||||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||| ||||||||| |||||||| v.3 3443aggggacaggtttaggggtttgcgttcgcccttgtgggctgaagcactag 3492 v.1 3401CTTTTTGGTAGCTAGACACATCCTGCACCCAAAGGTTCTCTACAAAGGCC 3450|| |||| ||||||||| ||||||||||||| |||| |||| |||||||| v.3 3493ctttttggtagctagacacatcctgcacccaaaggttctctacaaaggcc 3542 v.1 3451CAGATTTGTTTGTAAAGCACTTTGACTCTTACCTGGAGGCCCGCTCTCTA 3500||||||||||| |||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 3543cagatttgtttgtaaagcactttgactcttacctggaggcccgctctcta 3592 v.1 3501AGGGCTTCCTGCGCTCCCACCTCATCTGTCCCTGAGATGCAGAGCAGGAT 3550| |||| || |||||| ||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||| |||| v.3 3593agggcttcctgcgctcccacctcatctgtccctgagatgcagagcaggat 3642 v.1 3551GGAGGGTCTGCTTCTAGCTCAGCTGTTTCTCCTTGAGGTTGCGGAGGAAT 3600||||||||||||||||||| ||| ||||||||||||||| ||||||||| v.3 3643ggagggtctgcttctagctcagctgtttctccttgaggttgcggaggaat 3692 v.1 3601TCAATTGAATGCGACAGAGCCCAGCTGCTGTGGCCAAGAAGATCTCCGAG 3650 || ||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||| ||||| v.3 3693tgaattgaatgggacagagggcaggtgctgtggccaagaagatctccgag 3742 v.1 3651CAGCAGTGACGGGGCACCTTGCTGTGTGTCCTCTGGGCATGTTAACCCTT 3700|||||||||||| |||| ||| |||| |||||||||| || |||||| v.3 3743cagcagtgacggggcaccttgctgtgtgtcctctgggcatgttaaccctt 3792 v.1 3701CTGTGGGGCCAAAGGTTTGCATCGTGGATCCAGCTGTGCTCCAGTCTGTC 3750|||||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 3793ctgtggggccaaaggtttgcatcgtggatccagctgtgctccagtctgtc 3842 v.1 3751CCCTCCTCCTCCACTCTGACTGCCACGCCCCGGACCAGCAGCTTGGGGAC 3800||||||| ||||||||| ||||| ||||||| |||| |||| |||||||| v.3 3843ccctcctcctccactctgactgccacgccccggaccagcagcttggggac 3892 v.1 3801CCTCCAGCGTACTAATGGGGCTCTGTTCTGAGATGGACAAATTCAGTGTT 3850||||||| |||| |||||||||| || |||| |||| |||| |||||||| v.3 3893cctccagggtactaatggggctctgttctgagatggacaaattcagtgtt 3942 v.1 3851GGAAATACATGTTGTACTATGCACTTCCCATGCTCCTAGGGTTAGGAATA 3900||||||||||||||||||||||| || ||| |||| |||| |||||||| v.3 3943ggaaatacatgttgtactatgcacttcccatgctcctagggttaggaata 3992 v.1 3901GTTTCAAACATGATTGGCAGACATAACAACGGCAAATACTCGGACTGGGG 3950||||||||||||||||||||||| || ||| |||| ||||||||| ||| v.3 3993gtctcaaacatgattggcagacataacaacggcaaatactcggactgggg 4042 v.1 3951CATAGGACTCCAGAGTAGGAAAAAGACAAAAGATTTGGCACCCTGACACA 4000||||||||||||||||||||||| || ||| |||||||||||||| ||| v.3 4043cataggactccagagtaggaaaaagacaaaagatttggcagcctgacaca 4097 v.1 4001GGCAACCTACCCCTCTCTCTCCAGCCTCTTTATGAAACTGTTTGTTTGCC 4050||||||||||||||||||||||| || ||| |||||||||||||| ||| v.3 4093ggcaacctacccctctctctccagcctctttatgaaactgtttgtttgcc 4142 v.1 4051AGTCCTGCCCTAAGGCAGAAGATGAATTGAAGATGCTGTGCATGTTTCCT 4100||||||||||||||||||||||| || |||||||||||||||||| ||| v.3 4143agtcctgccctaaggcagaagatgaattgaagatgctgtgcatgtttcct 4192 v.1 4101AAGTCCTTGAGCAATCATGGTGGTGACAATTGCCACAAGGGATATGAGGC 4150||||||||||||||||||||||| || ||| |||| ||||||||| ||| v.3 4193aagtccttgagcaatcatggtggtgacaattgccacaagggatatgaggc 4242 v.1 4151CAGTGCCACCAGAGGGTGGTGCCAAGTGCCACATCCCTTCCGATCCATTC 4200||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| |||| ||||||||| ||| v.3 4243cagtgccaccagagggtggtgccaagtgccacatcccttccgatccattc 4292 v.1 4201CCCTCTGCATCCTCGGAGCACCCCAGTTTGCCTTTCATGTGTCCGCTGTG 4250|| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||||||||||||||||| |||||||| v.3 4293ccctctgcatcctcggagcaccccagtttgcctttgatgtgtccgctgtg 4342 v.1 4251TATGTTAGCTGAACTTTGATGAGCAAAATTTCCTGAGCGAAACACTCCAA 4300||||||| ||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||||||| v.3 4343tatgttagctgaactttgatgagcaaaatttcctgagcgaaacactccaa 4392 v.1 4301AGAGATAGGAAAACTTGCCGCCTCTTCTTTTTTGTCCCTTAATCAAACTC 4350|||||||||||||||| || ||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 4393agagataggaaaacttgccgcctcttcttttttgtcccttaatcaaactc 4442 v.1 4351AAATAAGCTTAAAAAAAATCCATGGAAGATCATGGACATGTCAAATGAGC 4400|||||| ||||||||| || ||||||||| |||| |||||||||||||| v.3 4443aaataagcttaaaaaaaatccatggaagatcatggacatgtgaaatgagc 4492 v.1 4403ATTTTTTTCTTTTTTTTTTTTAACAAAGTCTGAACTGAACAGAACAAGAC 4450| ||||||| |||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||| |||| v.3 4493atttttttcttttttttttttaacaaagtctgaactgaacagaacaagac 4542 v.1 4451TTTTTCCTCATACATCTCCAAATTGTTTAAACTTACTTTATGAGTGTTTG 4500||||| ||||||||| || ||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||| v.3 4543tttttcctcatacatctccaaattgtttaaacttactttatgagtgtttg 4592 v.1 4501TTTAGAAGTTCGGACCAACAGAAAAATGCAGTCAGATGTCATCTTGGAAT 4550||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||||||| ||| ||| || v.3 4593tttagaagttcggaccaacagaaaaatgcagtcagatgtcatcttggaat 4642 v.1 4551TGGTTTCTAAAAGAGTAAGGCATGTCCCTGCCCAGAAACTTACCAAGCAT 4600||| |||| ||||| ||||||||| || |||||||||| ||||||||||| v.3 4643tggtttctaaaagagtaaggcatgtccctgcccagaaacttaggaagcat 4692 v.1 4601GAAATAAATCAAATCTTTATTTTCCTTCTTATTTAAAATCATGCAAATGC 4650|||||||||||||| |||| |||| ||||| |||||| |||||||||||| v.3 4693gaaataaatcaaatgtttattttccttcttatttaaaatcatgcaaatgc 4742 v.1 4651AACAGAAATAGAGGGTTTGTGCCAAATGCTATGAACCGCCCTTTCTTAAA 4700|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| || |||||||| |||| | v.3 4743aacagaaatagagggtttgtgccaaatgctatgaacggccctttcttaaa 4792 v.1 4701GACAAGCAAGGGAGATTGATATATGTACAATTTGCTCTCATGTTTT 4746|||| |||| |||||||||||||||||||| || |||||||| || v.3 4793gacaagcaagggagattgatatatgtacaatttgctctcatgtttt 4838

TABLE LIV(b) Peptide sequences of protein coded by 202P5A05 v.3 (SEQ IDNO: 105) MPSDPPFNTR RAYWSEDFAW KSYLENPLTA ATKAMMSTNG DEDSAAALGLSYDYYKVPRD  60 KRLLSVSKAS DSQEDQEKRN CLGTSEAQSN LSGGENRVQV LKTVPVNLSLNQDHSENSKR 120 EQYSISFPLS SAIIPVSGIT VVKAEDFTPV FMAPPVHYPR SDSEEQRVVTFEQYQYCVPS 180 LATESAYLKD DQRSTPDSTY SESFKDAATE KFFSASVGAE EYMYDQTSSGTFQYTLEATK 240 SLRCKQGEGP MTYLNKGQFY AITLSETGDN KCFRHPISKV ASVVMVVFSEDKNRDEQLKY 400 WKYWHSRQLE AKQRVLDIAD YKESFNTIGN IEEIAYNAVS FTWDVNEKAKLFITVNVLST 360 DFSSQKGVKG LPLMIQIDTY SYNNRSNFPI HRAYCQIKVF CDKGAERKIRDEERKQNRKK 420 GKGCASQTQC NSSSDGKLAA IFLQKKSDIT YFKTMPDLHS QPVLFIPCVHTANLQRTGQV 480 YYNTDDERFG GSVLVKRMFR PMEEEFGPVP SKQMKEEGTK RVLLYVRKETDCVFDALMLK 540 SPTVKGLMEA ISEKYGLPVE KIAKLYKKSK KGILVNMDDN ITERYSNEDTTILNMESMVE 600 GEKVTLMEI

TABLE LV(b) Amino acid sequence alignment of 202P5A05 v.3 (SEQ ID NO:106) and 202P5A05 v.1 (SEQ ID NO: 107) v.1   1MPSDPPFNTRRAYTSEDEAWKSYTENPLTAATKAMMSINGDEDSAAALGL  50|||||||||||||| ||||||||| || |||||||||||||||||||| | v.3   1MPSDPPFNTRRAYTSEDEAWKSYLENPLTAATKAMMSINGDEDSAAALGL  50 v.1  51LYDYYKVERDKRLLSVSKASDSQEDQEKRNCEGTSEAQSNLSGGENRVQV 100|||||||||||||| |||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||||||| v.3  51LYDYYKVERDKRLLSVSKASDSQEDQFKRNVLGTSEAQSNLSGGENRVQV 100 v.1 101LKTVPVNLSLNQDHLENSKREQYSISFPESSAIIPVSGITVVKAEQFTPV 150||| |||| |||| |||| |||||||| |||||||| |||| ||||||| v.3 101LKTVPVNLSLNQDHLENSKREQYSTSFPESSATIPVSGITVVKAEDFTPV 150 v.1 151FMAPPVHYPRGDGREQRVVTFEQTQYDVPSLATHSAYLKDDQRSTPDSTY 200||| |||| |||| |||| |||||||||| || ||||||||| ||| || v.3 151FMAPPVHYPRGDGEEQRVVIFEQTQYDVPSLATHSAYLKDDQRSTPDSTY 200 v.1 201SESTKDAATEKFRSASVGAEEYMYEQTSSGTFQYTLEATKSLRQKQGEGP 250||| ||| ||||||||||||||| || |||||||||||||||| || || v.3 201SESTKDAATEDFRSASVGAEEYMYEQTSSGTFQYTLEATKSLRQKQCECP 250 v.1 251MTYLNKGQFYAITLSETGDNKCFRHPISKVRSVVMVVFSEDKNRDEQLKY 300||||||| |||| |||| ||||| |||| ||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 251MTYLNKGQFYAITLSETGDNKCFREPISKVRSVVMVVFSEDKNRDEQLKY 300 v.1 301WKYWHSRQHTAKQRVLDTADYKESFNTIGNIEEIAYNAVSFTWDVNEEAK 350|| ||||||||| |||| |||| |||||||| |||| |||| |||||||| v.3 301WKYWHSRQETAKQRVLDIADYKESFNTIGNIEEIAYNAVSFTWDVNEEAK 350 v.1 351IFITVNCLSTDESSQKGVKGLPLMIQIDTYSYNNRSNKPIHRAYCQIKVF 400| ||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| ||||||||||| v.3 351IFITVNCLSTDFSSQKGVKGLPLMIQTDTYSYNNRSNKPIHRAYCQIKVF 400 v.1 401CDKGAERKIRDEFRKQNRKKGKGQASQTQCNSSSDGKLAAIPLQKKSDIT 450|| |||||||| |||| ||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| v.3 401CDKCAERKRIDEERKQNRKKGKGQASQTQCNSSSDGKLAAIPLQKKSDIT 450 v.1 451YEKTMPDLHSQPVIFTPDVHFANLQRTGQVYYNTDDEREGGSVLVKRMFR 500|||||||||||| |||| ||||| ||||||||||||||||| |||||||| v.3 451YFKTMPDLHSQPVLFIPDVHFANLQRTGQVYYNTDDEREGGSVLVKRMFR 500 v.1 501PMEEEFGPVFSKQMKEEGTKRVLLYVRKETDDYFDALMLKSPTVKGLMEA 550||||| || |||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||| |||||||||| v.3 501PMEEETGPVPSKQMKEEGTKRVLLYVRKETDDVFDALMLKSPTVKGLMEA 550 v.1 551ISEKYGLPVEFIAKLYKKSKKGILVNMDDNTIEHYSNEDTFILNMESMVE 600|||||| |||||||||||| ||||||||||||||| |||||||| |||| v.3 551ISEKYGLPVEKAIKLYKKSKKGILVNMDCNIIEHYSNEDTFILNMESMVE 600 v.1 601 GFKVTIMEI609 ||||||||| v.3 601 GFKVTLMEI 609

TABLE LVI SNP and codon changes in 202P5A5 v.1, v.2, and v.3,. *AA:amino acid; **—: deletion of the corresponding base. v.1 Variant v.2 v.3AA relative to AA AA AA SNP Position AA* change position v.1 Positionchange position Position change AA positon g/t  138 S/I  37 v.4  170 S/I 53  230 S/I  37 a/g 1269 R/Q 414 v.5 1301 R/Q 430 1361 R/Q 414 a/c 1288K/N 420 v.6 1320 K/N 436 1380 K/N 420 a/g 1552 P/P 508 v.7 1584 P/P 5241644 P/P 508 a/t 1662 K/M 545 v.8 1694 K/M 561 1754 K/M 545 g/a 1899Outside v.9 1931 Outside 1991 Outside ORF ORF ORF t/c 2057 Outside v.102089 Outside 2149 Outside ORF ORF ORF c/t 2143 Outside v.11 2175 Outside2235 Outside ORF ORF ORF g/a 2144 Outside v.12 2176 Outside 2236 OutsideORF ORF ORF c/t 2249 Outside v.13 2281 Outside 2341 Outside ORF ORF ORF—/at** 2269-70 Outside v.14 2301-2 Outside 2361-2 Outside ORF ORF ORFa/g 2576 Outside v.15 2608 Outside 2668 Outside ORF ORF ORF t/c 2812Outside v.16 2848 Outside 2908 Outside ORF ORF ORF g/a 2836 Outside v.172868 Outside 2928 Outside ORF ORF ORF t/c 3059 Outside v.18 3091 Outside3151 Outside ORF ORF ORF g/a 3101 Outside v.19 3133 Outside 3193 OutsideORF ORF ORF a/c 3309 Outside v.20 3341 Outside 3401 Outside ORF ORF ORFt/c 3332 Outside v.21 3364 Outside 3424 Outside ORF ORF ORF a/— 3427Outside v.22 3459 Outside 3459 Outside ORF ORF ORF c/t 4208 Outside v.234240 Outside 4300 Outside ORF ORF ORF c/t 4264 Outside v.24 4296 Outside4356 Outside ORF ORF ORF c/t 4409 Outside v.25 4441 Outside 4501 OutsideORF ORF ORF a/t 4646 Outside v.26 4677 Outside 4737 Outside ORF ORF ORF

1. A composition that comprises, consists essentially of, or consistsof: a) a peptide of eight, nine, ten, or eleven contiguous amino acidsof a protein of FIG. 2; b) a peptide of Tables VIII-XXI; c) a peptide ofTables XXII to XLV; or, d) a peptide of Tables XLVI to XLIX.
 2. Acomposition of claim 1 that comprises a protein related to a protein ofFIG.
 2. 3. A protein of claim 2 that is at least 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95,96, 97, 98, or 99% homologous to an entire amino acid sequence shown inFIG.
 2. 4. A composition of claim 1 wherein the substance comprises aCTL polypeptide or an analog thereof, from the amino acid sequence of aprotein of FIG.
 2. 5. A composition of claim 4 further limited by aproviso that the epitope is not an entire amino acid sequence of FIG. 2.6. A composition of claim 1 further limited by a proviso that thepolypeptide is not an entire amino acid sequence of a protein of FIG. 2.7. A composition of claim 1 that comprises an antibody polypeptideepitope from an amino acid sequence of FIG.
 2. 8. A composition of claim7 further limited by a proviso that the epitope is not an entire aminoacid sequence of FIG.
 2. 9. A composition of claim 7 wherein theantibody epitope comprises a peptide region of at least 5 amino acids ofFIG. 2 in any whole number increment up to the end of said peptide,wherein the epitope comprises an amino acid position selected from: a)an amino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in theHydrophilicity profile of FIG. 5; b) an amino acid position having avalue less than 0.5 in the Hydropathicity profile of FIG. 6; c) an aminoacid position having a value greater than 0.5 in the Percent AccessibleResidues profile of FIG. 7; d) an amino acid position having a valuegreater than 0.5 in High Average Flexibility profile of FIG. 8; e) anamino acid position having a value greater than 0.5 in the Beta-turnprofile of FIG. 9; f) a combination of at least two of a) through e); g)a combination of at least three of a) through e); h) a combination of atleast four of a)through e); or i) a combination of five of a) throughe).
 10. A poly nucleotide that encodes a protein of claim
 1. 11. Apolynucleotide of claim 10 that comprises a nucleic acid molecule setforth in FIG.
 2. 12. A polynucleotide of claim 10 further limited by aproviso that the encoded protein is not an entire amino acid sequence ofFIG.
 2. 13. A composition of claim 11 wherein the substance comprises apolynucleotide that comprises a coding sequence of a nucleic acidsequence of FIG.
 2. 14. A poly nucleotide of claim 11 that furthercomprises an additional nucleotide sequence that encodes an additionalpeptide of claim
 1. 15. A composition comprising a polynucleotide thatis fully complementary to a polynucleotide of claim
 10. 16. A method ofgenerating a mammalian immune response directed to a protein of FIG. 2,the method comprising: exposing cells of the mammal's immune system to aportion of a) a 202P5A5-related protein and/or b) a nucleotide sequencethat encodes said protein, whereby an immune response is generated tosaid protein.
 17. A method of generating an immune response of claim 16,said method comprising: providing a 202P5A5-related protein thatcomprises at least one T cell or at least one B cell epitope; and,contacting the epitope with a mammalian immune system T cell or B cellrespectively, whereby the T cell or B cell is activated.
 18. A method ofclaim 17 wherein the immune system cell is a B cell, whereby the inducedB cell generates antibodies that specifically bind to the202P5A5-related protein.
 19. A method of claim 17 wherein the immunesystem cell is a T cell that is a cytotoxic T cell (CTL), whereby theactivated CTL kills an autologous cell that expresses the202P5A5-related protein.
 20. A method of claim 17 wherein the immunesystem cell is a T cell that is a helper T cell (HTL), whereby theactivated HTL secretes cytokines that facilitate the cytotoxic activityof a cytotoxic T cell (CTL) or the antibody-producing activity of a Bcell.
 21. A method for detecting, in a sample, the presence of a202P5A5-related protein or a 202P5A5-related polynucleotide, comprisingsteps of: contacting the sample with a substance thai specifically hindsto the 202A5A5-related protein or to the 202P5A5-related polynucleotide, respectively; and, determining that there is a complex ofthe substance with the 202P5A5-related protein or the substance with the202P5A5-related polynucleotide, respectively.
 22. A method of claim 21for detecting the presence of a 202P5A5-related protein in a samplecomprising steps of; contacting the sample with an antibody or fragmentthereof either of which specifically bind to the 202A5A5-relatedprotein; and, determining that there is a complex of the antibody orfragment thereof and the 202P5A5-related protein.
 23. A method of claim21 further comprising a step of: faking the sample from a patient whohas or who is suspected of having cancer.
 24. A method of claim 21 fordetecting the presence of a protein of FIG. 2 mRNA in a samplecomprising: producing cDNA from the sample by reverse transcriptionusing at least one primer; amplifying the cDNA so produced using 202P5A5polynucleotides as sense and antisense primers, wherein the 202P5A5polynucleotides used as the sense and antisense primers serve to amplifya 202P5A5 cDNA; and, detecting the presence of the amplified 202P5A5cDNA.
 25. A method of claim 21 for monitoring one or more 202P5A5 geneproducts in a biological sample from a patient who has or who issuspected of having cancer the method comprising: determining the statusof one or more 202P5A5 gene products expressed toy cells in a tissuesample from an individual; comparing the status so determined to thestatus of one or more 202P5A5 gene products in a corresponding normalsample; and, identifying the presence of one or more aberrant geneproducts of 202P5A5 in the sample relative to the normal sample.
 26. Themethod of claim 25 further comprising a step of determining if there areone or more elevated gene products of a 202P5A5 mRNA or a 202P5A5protein, whereby the presence of one or more elevated gene products inthe test sample relative to the normal tissue sample indicates thepresence or status of a cancer.
 27. A method of claim 26 wherein thecancer occurs in a tissue set forth in Table I.
 28. A compositioncomprising: a substance that a) modulates the status of a protein ofFIG. 2, or b) a molecule that is modulated by a protein of FIG. 2,whereby the status of a cell that expresses a protein of FIG. 2 ismodulated.
 29. A composition of claim 28, further comprising aphysiologically acceptable carrier.
 30. A pharmaceutical compositionthat comprises the composition of claim 28 in a human unit dose form.31. A composition of claim 28 wherein the substance comprises anantibody or fragment thereof that specifically binds to a protein ofFIG.
 2. 32. An antibody or fragment thereof of claim 31 which ismonoclonal.
 33. An antibody of claim 31, which is a human antibody, ahumanized antibody or a chimeric antibody.
 34. A non-human transgenicanimal that produces an antibody of claim
 31. 35. A hybridoma thatproduces an antibody of claim
 32. 36. A method of delivering a cytotoxicagent or a diagnostic agent to a cell that expresses a protein of FIG.2, said method comprising: providing the cytotoxic agent or thediagnostic agent conjugated to an antibody or fragment thereof of claim4; and, exposing the cell to the antibody-agent or fragment-agentconjugate.
 37. A composition of claim 28 wherein the substance comprisesa polynucleotide that encodes an antibody or fragment thereof either ofwhich immunospecifically bind to a protein of FIG.
 2. 38. A compositionof claim 28 wherein the substance comprises a) a ribozyme that cleaves apolynucleotide having a 202P5A5 coding sequence, or b) a nucleic acidmolecule that encodes the ribozyme; and, a physiologically acceptablecarrier.
 39. A composition of claim 28 wherein the substance, compriseshuman T cells, wherein said T cells specifically recognize a 202P5A5peptide subsequence in the context of a particular HLA molecule.
 40. Amethod of inhibiting growth of cancer cells that express a protein ofFIG. 2, the method comprising: administering to the cells thecomposition of claim
 28. 41. A method of claim 40 of inhibiting growthof cancer cells that express a protein of FIG. 2, the method comprisingsteps of: administering to said cells an antibody or fragment thereof,either of which specifically bind to a 202P5A5-related protein.
 42. Amethod of claim 40 of inhibiting growth of cancer cells that express aprotein of FIG. 2, the method comprising steps of: administering to saidcells a 202P5A5-related protein.
 43. A method of claim 40 of inhibitinggrowth of cancer cells that express a protein of FIG. 2, the methodcomprising steps of: administering to said cells a polynucleotidecomprising a coding sequence for a 202A5A5-related protein or comprisinga polynucleotide complementary to a coding sequence for a202P5A5-related protein.
 44. A method of claim 40 of inhibiting growthof cancer cells that express a protein of FIG. 2, the method comprisingsteps of: administering to said cells a ribozyme that cleaves apolynucleotide that encodes a protein of FIG.
 2. 45. A method of claim40 of inhibiting growth of cancer cells that express a protein of FIG. 2and a particular HLA molecule, the method comprising steps of:administering human T cells to said cancer cells, wherein said T cellsspecifically recognize a peptide subsequence of a protein of FIG. 2while the subsequence is in the context of the particular HLA molecule.46. A method of claim 40, the method comprising steps of: administeringa vector that delivers a nucleotide that encodes a single chainmonoclonal antibody, whereby the encoded single chain antibody isexpressed intracellularly within cancer cells that express a protein ofFIG. 2.